1st Edition

Medical Jurisprudence & Clinical Forensic Medicine An Indian Perspective

Edited By Ambika Prasad Patra, Kusa Kumar Shaha Copyright 2024
250 Pages 59 Color & 81 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

250 Pages 59 Color & 81 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

250 Pages 59 Color & 81 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book on Medical Jurisprudence & Clinical Forensic Medicine addresses the evolving nature of law and medicine. It updates the medicolegal (ML) systems and discusses the concerns related to digitalization of courts, serving a subpoena through social media, ethical/ML issues in nanomedicine, telemedicine and online prescription practices, toxicology and mass disaster. It fulfils the... Read more

Section I: MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

1. Introduction to Forensic Medicine
Ambika Prasad Patra, Kusa Kumar Shaha, Neithiya T.

2. Medical Deontology
Ambika Prasad Patra

3. Medical Practice
Ambika Prasad Patra

4. Legal Procedure in India
Ambika Prasad Patra, Senthil Kumaran M., Bedanta Sarma

5. Patient, Physician, and the Law
Ambika Prasad Patra, Bibhuti Bhusana Panda, Neithiya T.

6. Documentation, Certification and Record-Keeping
Ambika Prasad Patra, Arthy A., Rajesh D.R.

7. Gifts to The Physician
Ambika Prasad Patra, Bibhuti Bhusana Panda

8. Physician and The Will
Ambika Prasad Patra, Bibhuti Bhusana Panda, Praveen Kumar Pradhan

Section II: CLINICAL FORENSIC MEDICINE

9.  Establishing Identity of Individual
Ambika Prasad Patra, Arthy A., Rajesh D.R., Neithiya T.

10.  Medicolegal Aspects of Mechanical Wounds
Ambika Prasad Patra, Sunil Subramanyam, Joshima Janardhanan

11. Crimes Involving the Elderly
Ambika Prasad Patra, Senthil Kumaran M.

12. Crimes Involving Infants and Children
Ambika Prasad Patra, Vinod Ashok Chaudhari, Neithiya T.

13. Sexual Crimes
Ambika Prasad Patra, Vinod Ashok Chaudhari, Neithiya T.

14. Disorders of Fecundity
Ambika Prasad Patra, Kumaran M.

15. Medico-Legal Aspects of Pregnancy
Ambika Prasad Patra, Kumaran M.

16. Forensic Psychiatry
Ambika Prasad Patra, Neithiya T., Vijayanath V.

17. Violation of Human Rights and Torture Medicine
Ambika Prasad Patra, Murugesa Bharathi O., Neithiya T.

18. Violence Against Healthcare Professionals
Ambika Prasad Patra, Senthil Kumaran M., Shweta H Patel

19. Establishment of Healthcare Facilities
Ambika Prasad Patra

20. Basics of Healthcare Facilities Management 
Ambika Prasad Patra, Neithiya T.

21. Medicolegal Management of Poisoning, Toxicity and Drug-Overdose
Ambika Prasad Patra, Chaitanya Mittal, Neithiya T.

Biography

Professor Ambika P. Patra is currently in the Faculty of Medicine in the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at JIPMER, Pondicherry.

Professor Kusa Kumar Shaha is currently Dean and the former Head & Medical Faculty of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at JIPMER, Pondicherry.