Forensic Pharmacology : Medicines, Mayhem, and Malpractice

ISBN-13: 9780198548263 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 264 str.

R. E. Ferner; Elizabeth Norman; M. D. Rawlins

Opis

Forensic Pharmacology offers a unique and comprehensible account of ph armacological methods and knowledge, and explains their use in the sol ving of a wide range of crimes, from drunken driving to murder. It als o deals with negligence in prescribing and administering drugs, and ad verse reactions to drugs. The text is enlivened by cases from the lite rature and from the authors' experience. Appendices offer detailed exa mples of pharmacological problems and their solutions, compile tables and equations for alcohol calculations, and provide data for medicines encountered in forensic work.

Recenzje

a text, which although dealing with serious matters, is not without humour ... By way of illustration, or seasoning, a large number of case histories have been included, which indeed make fascinating reading. I agree with the author's predictions as to the classes of the professionals that will benefit from buying and studying this book i.e., lawyers, doctors, policeman, etc.