Forensic Medicine

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA. The 19 topical volumes...

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA. The 19 topical volumes...

Will have an enthusiastic audience among historians of medicine who are familiar, for the most part, only with later twentieth-century efforts to combat polio."" --Allan M. Brandt, University of North Carolina Dirt and Disease is a social,...

To say this book is just about coronary heart disease would demean its real value. The author has brought together from innumerable sources, information that places coronary artery disease in a historical, evolutionary, and scientific context. The book...

This book draws on the experience of an international group of paediatric epidemiologists, all of whom are world authorities in their field. In a consistent format they discuss biological considerations, patterns of occurrence, risk factors and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674492080Author Thomas Royle DawberFormat HardbackPage Count 265Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 558g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674593497Author E Richard WeinermanFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 485g

Most professional forensic literature addresses the assessment of adults yet neglects the necessary differences that arise when working with minors. Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents presents the reader with essential...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780899300009Author Walter BrombergFormat HardbackPage Count 442Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780792309949Author Livio CapocacciaFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Kluwer Academic PublishersPublisher Kluwer Academic Publishers

This work identifies significant factors influencing, on the one hand, the historical pattern of sexually acquired diseases in 12 countries in Asia and the Pacific and, on the other hand, factors shaping the government and community responses to that...

Medical examiners play an increasingly important role in society as unexpected and violent deaths increase, not only due to crime, but also due to new toxins in the environment, emerging diseases crossing from animals to humans, bizarre suicides,...

Mental health professionals, more than any other clinicians, encounter legal issues on a regular basis. This is a book for anyone in the field, at any stage in their training or practice, who has ever found themselves scratching their head in confusion...

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Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA. The 19 topical volumes...

AIDS has appeared in more than 130 countries, and over 100,000 cases of AIDS have been reported in the U.S. alone. More and more, the public will be depending on statisticians to provide answers about the future course of this epidemic. This...

Margaret Stark and a team of authoritative experts offer a timely survey of the fundamental principles and latest developments in clinical forensic medicine. Topics range from sexual assault examination to injury interpretation, from nonaccidental injury...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837680443Author Roberto ScendoniFormat HardbackPage Count 90Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpen

During the mid to late 19th century, Detroit and the American Midwest were the sites of five major cholera epidemics. The first of these, the 1832 outbreak, was of particular significance - an unexpected consequence of the Black Hawk War. In order to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789283211952Author O.M. JensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint International Agency for Research on CancerPublisher International Agency for Research...

The purpose of the SANE/SAFE Forensic Workbook Series: Entry-Level Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault Assessment is to provide an opportunity for health care providers to learn, improve, and demonstrate competency in sexual assault evaluations of...

While examining suspected sexual assault survivors, it is important that investigators be able to accurately assess not only for those findings indicative of assault but also for normal or otherwise nonassaultive findings. The difference between normal...

Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma, Volume 2: Medical Mimics provides in-depth guidelines for the diagnosis of childhood head injuries resembling abusive trauma. This concise pocket guide covers differential diagnoses that may be confused with abusive head...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943347148Author Dr Richard L MatteoliFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Nemean PressPublisher Nemean PressWeight(grams) 590g

Sexual abuse of children is an especially delicate matter, and each reported case should be treated with exacting care. Accurate identification and appropriate response to symptoms of sexual maltreatment in children is essential to resilient, long-term...

Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma Pocket Atlas, Volume 1: Traumatic Injuries offers complete guidelines for identifying and responding to pediatric abusive head trauma, all in a portable format. Written in mostly non-technical language and conveniently...

In cases of sexual assault, it is important that investigators and care providers be able to respond quickly and appropriately in examining survivors, not only to ensure their health and safety but also to preserve any physical evidence left by the...

Of the injuries inflicted on physically abused children, head injuries are, in many cases, among the most damaging and potentially lethal. First responders and medical practitioners encountering children with head injuries may need to take quick and...

People of every age, ethnicity, and gender survive sexual assault, and their continued well-being depends upon an informed and responsive network of medical, legal, and social service practitioners. Best practices, accurate diagnoses, and up-to-date...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803553399Author Kamil Hakan DoganFormat HardbackPage Count 74Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpen

Skin injuries are among the most common, and, certainly, the most visible, symptoms of physical abuse in children. In some cases, these injuries may leave lasting marks on the bodies of the abused3/4enduring tokens of the pain inflicted upon them...

In the investigation of child abuse, consistent investigative protocol and clear, thorough documentation of facts and findings are essential to ensuring justice for victims, both for those who survive and for those who do not. In order to achieve the...

This new pocket atlas, part 5 of an ongoing series on child abuse, is designed specifically for professionals involved in the investigation of child death, both intentional and unintentional. Readers in law enforcement, medicine, and other readers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781464803888Author Lucy PlattFormat PaperbackPage Count 365Imprint World Bank PublicationsPublisher World Bank Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986447198Author Joyce a Adams MDFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Socratic Parenting LLCPublisher Socratic Parenting LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671023256Author Ed RegisFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 212mm * 136mm *...

The life and death, but also the creative work of famous musicians is closely linked to their personal medical histories. In "Famous Composers -Diseases Reloaded" these case histories are vividly reconstructed on the basis of authentic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682772713Author Rachael HanelFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Creative PaperbacksPublisher Creative PaperbacksWeight(grams) 227g

Written in a handbook style with specific methods and tips on eliminating false positive and false negative results, this book is a practical guide to the detailed mechanisms of such occurrences.Book InformationISBN 9781617377730Author Amitava...

Commingling of human remains presents an added challenge to all phases of the forensic process. This book brings together tools from diverse sources within forensic science to offer a set of comprehensive approaches to handling commingled remains. It...