Essentials of Medicolegal Death Investigation — Matthew M. Lunn (2016)

Book Description

Essentials of Medicolegal Death Investigation uses a unique approach by combining medical issues, injury patterns, and investigative procedures to provide the reader with the basic fundamentals for a death investigation. The text introduces the reader to death investigation, common causes of death, and very specific types of death, including blunt-force injuries, gunshot wounds, and toxicology deaths. Each section includes case studies with written and visual descriptions. Written by a well-known and experienced medicolegal death investigator, the book fills a void in medicolegal literature for both students and professionals alike. – Provides a valuable guide to the interpretation of medical death investigation for practitioners and students – Covers the following circumstances in death investigations: asphyxiation, blunt-force injuries, sharp-force injuries, gunshot wounds, toxicology deaths, and natural causes – Includes case studies with written and visual descriptions and discussion, as well as up-to-date literature review

Book Details

• Author: Matthew M. Lunn
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Published Date: 2016-12-29
• Published Year: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 9780128036709