Paediatric Forensic Medicine and Pathology [Hardcover]

Jean Keeling (Author), Anthony Busuttil (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0340731575 | ISBN-13: 978-0340731574 | Publication Date: December 1, 2008 | Edition: 1

Child abuse and suspicious child deaths continue to be very complicated problems for the clinicians and pathologist to investigate. This book examines the growing evidence base for forensic pathology in pediatric cases in order to present an objective reference for all those working in the field. The internationally acclaimed editors and contributors deliver an up-to-date, comprehensive, and thorough work, which provides everything the reader could possibly need whether in a clinical, laboratory, or legal setting.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This up-to-date book covers all aspects of investigating pediatric forensic cases, including assessment of injuries, postmortem examination, clinical testing, and investigation in a medicolegal setting. This is an excellent book that will be a valuable resource for medical or legal practitioners investigating cases in this complex field."--Doody's

"This text, intended 'to assist practitioners of medicine and the law, ' speaks to a broad audience that extends beyond the reaches of the anatomic and clinical pathology. Its editors, well known for their decades of experience in forensic medicine and pediatric pathology, have gathered contributions from an international group of authors with clinical, laboratory, and legal expertise....The quality of the many line drawings, radiographs, computed tomographic scans and magnetic resonance images, gross photographs, and photomicrographs is uniformly good....[This book]...will help a variety of specialists understand each others' approaches to this very difficult subject."--Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

About the Author

Anthony Busuttil is Emeritus Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and Medical Director, Forensic Medical Services, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK Jean W Keeling was formerly Consultant Paediatric Pathologist at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK

Product Details

• Hardcover: 752 pages
• Publisher: Hodder Arnold Publishers; 1 edition (December 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340731575
• ISBN-13: 978-0340731574
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,945,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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