Post Mortem Examination and Autopsy

Current Issues From Death to Laboratory Analysis

Kamil Hakan Dogan

• Publisher: IntechOpen
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9789535137924
• eBook ISBN:
  9789535140740
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Forensic Medicine

Forensic medicine explores the legal aspects of medicine, and medicolegal investigation of death is the most significant and crucial function of it. The nature of post mortem examinations are changing and the understanding of causes of death are evolving with the increase of knowledge, availability, and use of various analyses including genetic testing. Postmortem examination practice is turning into a more multidisciplinary approach for investigations, which are becoming more evidence based. Although there are numerous publications about forensic medicine and post mortem examination, this book aims to provide some basic information on post mortem examination and current developments in some important and special areas. It is considered that this book will be useful for forensic pathologists, clinicians, attorneys, law enforcement officers, and medical students.

Table of contents

• Post Mortem Examination and Autopsy - Current Issues From Death to Laboratory Analysis
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Introductory Chapter: An Overview of Post-Mortem Examination and Autopsy
• Chapter 2 The Advancement of Postmortem Investigations in Sudden Cardiac Death
• Chapter 3 Negative Autopsy in Infant and Juvenile Population: Role of Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Chapter 4 Postmortem Animal Attacks on Human Corpses
• Chapter 5 Contribution of Forensic Analysis to Shark Profiling Following Fatal Attacks on Humans
• Chapter 6 Defining Dental Age for Chronological Age Determination
• Chapter 7 Forensic DNA Technological Advancements as an Emerging Perspective on Medico-Legal Autopsy: A Mini Review
• Chapter 8 Most Common Medico-Legal Autopsy-Related Human and Nonhuman Biological Samples for DNA Analysis
• Chapter 9 Application of CO-oximeter for Forensic Samples