Clinical forensic medicine: a physician's guide (2nd ed.)

In this newly updated second edition, 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 in children, to crowd control agents.

Also included are extensive discussions of the care of detainees, child sexual abuse, infectious diseases, the management of substance abuse detainees in custody, the causes and prevention of deaths in custody, and the fundamentals of traffic medicine.

New to this edition are chapters on the medical aspects of restraint and on infectious diseases.

Comprehensive and authoritative, A Physicians Guide to Clinical Forensic Medicine, 2nd Ed., offers forensic specialists and allied professionals a reliable, up-to-date guide to proven practices and procedures for a every variety of police inquiry requiring clinical forensic investigation.