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"Legal Medicine" explores the legal issues that arise from government policy influencing medical practice, advances in medical technology, and new disease patterns. Articles by renowned experts cover timely and practical issues as well as academic and philosophical themes. This new volume contains incisive analyses of such topics as the medical and legal considerations in the treatment of AIDS patients, the use of lasers, the Bhopal tragedy, and the use of implantable cardiovascular devices.

Featuring contributions from renowned experts in the forensic, scientific, and legal professions, Forensic Science and Law: Investigative Applications in Criminal, Civil, and Family Justice communicates the wide range of methods and approaches used for achieving justice...

Each year, too many law enforcement officers die in the line of duty and too many people are killed by the police. Yet, can any of these deaths be avoided? To answer this we must investigate the nature and causes of these deaths in an unbiased and objective manner to highlight and expose weaknesses in policy that can be amended through more rigorous, enlightened, and culture-sensitive training.

Examining hypothetical cases drawn from the most prevalent and typical officer-involved deaths in recent years, Investigation and Prevention of Officer-Involved Deaths...

In the words of one reviewer Cyril Wecht's "Legal Medicine" has helped validate and develop the field which it reports. This field is the wide ranging area of medical jurisprudence. This current volume contains a variety of articles written by experts dealing with timely and relevant medical-legal subjects. "Legal Medicine" contains essays on such topics as blood alcohol concentrations, use of polygraph machines, artificial insemination, and antitrust laws and the physician.

Established in 1969, Cyril Wecht's "Legal Medicine" series has, in the words of a review of the 1982 volume, helped validate and develop the field which it reports. "Legal Medicine"'s format assembles articles by experts dealing with a range of topics in the field of legal medicine and forensic science. The contributors provide balanced coverage of timely and practical issues.