Lecture 1 Intro Flashcards
FORENSIC MEDICINE:
Application of Medicine or Medical Science for the administration of justice or for the purpose of law
Application of Sciences for the administration of justice.
FORENSIC SCIENCES:
Study of laws applicable to practice of Medicine. Deals with the legal aspect of medical practice.
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE:
Study and application of effect of violence or unnatural disease in its various forms in or on human body, in determining the cause and manner of death in case of violence, suspicious, unexplained, unexpected, sudden and medically unattended deaths.
Forensic pathology
It is a subspecialty of pathology that focuses on determining the cause of death by examining a corpse جثة The autopsy تشريح الجثة is performed by a physician, usually during the investigation of criminal law cases in certain jurisdictions. [SCFHS]
Forensic pathology
It is a subspecialty of forensic medicine concerned with the (medicolegal assessment) of living individuals. It includes age estimation, injury assessment, sexual and physical assault examination, and malpractice.
Clinical Forensic Medicine :
It deals with moral principals المبادئ الأخلاقية which should guide members of medical profession in their dealings with each other, their patients and state.
MEDICAL ETHICS:
it deals with doctor-doctor relationships, doctor-patients relations, doctor-state relationships.
Medical ethics
Laws of courtesy ملاطفة observed between members of medical profession.
MEDICAL ETIQUTTES: الاداب الطبية
This set of specific provisions الأحكام and roles provides guidance for civil مدني and criminal جريمي matters. It is based on the Quran, Sunna, Ijtihad, and other subsidiary sourcesمصادر فرعية .
Shari’ah Law :
It denotes يشير any material that can be used to link a suspect المتهم , weapon, and crime scene.
Physical evidence:
It includes two main categories: (a) biological evidence, (b) non-biological evidence
Physical evidence
clothing, bullets, wads, shotgun pellets, fibers, paint, glass, and soil.
Non-Biological evidence
Blood
Semen
Hair
Nail
Tissue
Saliva
Biological evidence
cases of
1-violence,
2-sudden unexpected death,
3-identification,
4-death due to drugs,
5-sudden infant death syndrome,
6-death in pregnancy,
7-death in custody, في الحضانة
and other suspicious deaths.
A medico-legal case,
A medico-legal case,
All cases where legal investigation is necessary to fix the accountability of the cause لتحديد مسؤولية السبب
Road traffic accidents
Accidents in factories
Cases with mismatched history
Suspected cases of homicides احد يقتل الثاني or suicides
Suspected cases of poisoning
Burn injuries of any cause
Any case where foul play is suspected.يشتبه وجود لعبة غير مشروعة
Suspected or evident cases of sexual offences حالات مشتبه بها أو واضحة من الجرائم الجنسية
Unconscious patient whether the etiology of unconsciousness is cleared هل تم توضيح سبب فقد الوعي؟
Brought out patients with the improper historyمرضى بتاريخ مرضي غير سليم
All cases referred by courts
Example of medico-legal cases
Approach of Doctor in MLC
Every Medico Legal Case should be treated at the earliest and the formalities may be completed later.
Preserve all the articles including clothes, gastric lavage, weapons,pellets or bullets removed from the body of patient. Also preserve X-RAYS, CT scans, MRI films. Articles should be handed over to police and obtain a proper receipt.
Approach of Doctor in MLC
The private practitioner after providing emergency care may refer the case to the appropriate hospital for further treatment.
Every Medico Legal Case should be entered in the Medico Legal Register kept in the hospital and information.
Two copies of Case sheet.
Approach of Doctor in MLC
Every Medico Legal Case should be treated at the earliest and the formalities may be completed later.
Preserve all the articles including clothes, gastric lavage, weapons,pellets or bullets removed from the body of patient. Also preserve X-RAYS, CT scans, MRI films. Articles should be handed over to police and obtain a proper receipt.
What is Death:
The cessation توقف أو وقف of life;
Total stoppage of circulation of the blood and a cessation vital functions such as respiration, pulsation.
Irreversible Cessation of Brain and Brainstem function
Cessation of vital functions such as
Respiration
Pulsation
A branch of science which deals with the study of death and changes after death
Thanatology
Deals with all aspects of death
definition,
modes,
types,
causes
and changes after death
Thantology
