Description
A collection of cutting-edge accounts of special topics from various fields of forensic pathology and death scene investigation. The authors offer critical insight into the medicolegal investigation of bodies found in water, the forensic aspects of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection of the central nervous system, deaths in a head-down position, and forensic bitemark analysis. Additional chapters address taphonomic changes in human bodies during the early postmortem interval, arrhythmogenic ventricular dysplaisia that produces sudden death in young people, the postmortem diagnosis of death in anaphylaxis, and iatrogenici deaths. The forensic aspects of suicide, murder-suicide, and suicide trends in the United States are also discussed, along with the evaluation of fatal pulmonary thromboembolism and the use of radiology in medicolegal investigations. Death From Environmental Conditions Macroscopical, Microscopical, and Laboratory Findings in Drowning Victims: A Comprehensive Review Philippe Lunetta and Jerome H. Modell Forensic Neuropathology HIV-1 Infection of the Central Nervous System Andreas Bttner and Serge Weis Forensic Pathophysiology Death in a Head-Down Position Achim Th. Schfer Forensic Odontology Bitemarks: Presentation, Analysis, and Evidential Reliability Jules Kieser, Geoffrey Tompkins, Donna Buckingham, Norman A. Firth and Michael Swain Taphonomy Postmortem Changes and Artifacts Occurring During the Early Postmortem Interval Michael Tsokos Macroscopical Findings on Soil-Embedded Skeletal Remains Allowing the Exclusion of a Forensically Relevant Lay Time Marcel A. Verhoff and Kerstin Kreutz Death From Natural Causes Right and Left Ventricular Arrhythmogenic Dysplasia: Pathological Features and Medicolegal Significance Wolfgang Huckenbeck and Adonios Papadomanolakis Postmortem Diagnosis of Anaphylaxis Erik Edston and Marianne van Hage-Hamsten Vascular Conditions The Medicolegal Evaluation of Fatal Pulmonary Thromboembolism James R. Gill Suicide Trends of Suicide in the United States During the 20th Century Lisa B. E. Shields, Donna M. Hunsaker, and John C. Hunsaker III Murder-Suicide: An Overview Roger W. Byard Iatrogenic Injury Iatrogenic Injury: A Forensic Perspective Gilbert Lau Imaging Techniques in Forensic Pathology Forensic Radiology Tzipi Kahana and Jehuda Hiss Index
