Lecture 1 Intro

Question 1

FORENSIC MEDICINE:

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Application of Medicine or Medical Science for the administration of justice or for the purpose of law

Question 2

Application of Sciences for the administration of justice.

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FORENSIC SCIENCES:

Question 3

Study of laws applicable to practice of Medicine. Deals with the legal aspect of medical practice.

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MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE:

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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.

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Forensic pathology

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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]

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Forensic pathology

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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.

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Clinical Forensic Medicine :

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It deals with moral principals المبادئ الأخلاقية which should guide members of medical profession in their dealings with each other, their patients and state.

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MEDICAL ETHICS:

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it deals with doctor-doctor relationships, doctor-patients relations, doctor-state relationships.

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Medical ethics

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Laws of courtesy ملاطفة observed between members of medical profession.

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MEDICAL ETIQUTTES: الاداب الطبية

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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 .

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Shari’ah Law :

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It denotes يشير any material that can be used to link a suspect المتهم , weapon, and crime scene.

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Physical evidence:

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It includes two main categories: (a) biological evidence, (b) non-biological evidence

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Physical evidence

Question 13

clothing, bullets, wads, shotgun pellets, fibers, paint, glass, and soil.

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Non-Biological evidence

Question 14

Blood
Semen
Hair
Nail
Tissue
Saliva

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Biological evidence

Question 15

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.

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A medico-legal case,

Question 16

A medico-legal case,

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All cases where legal investigation is necessary to fix the accountability of the cause لتحديد مسؤولية السبب

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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

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Example of medico-legal cases

Question 18

Approach of Doctor in MLC

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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.

Question 19

Approach of Doctor in MLC

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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.

Question 20

Approach of Doctor in MLC

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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.

Question 21

What is Death:

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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

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Cessation of vital functions such as

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Respiration
Pulsation

Question 23

A branch of science which deals with the study of death and changes after death

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Thanatology

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Deals with all aspects of death
definition,
modes,
types,
causes
and changes after death

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Thantology