Guide and Atlas for Death Investigation on CD-ROM

Published:
April 29, 1999 by Chapman and Hall/CRC - 200 Pages
Author(s):
Jay Dix, Medical Examiner, Boone County & University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, USA

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ISBN 9780849302886
Cat# 0288
 

Features

  • Presents case studies in a question-and-answer format for self-study
  • Offers a separate section on pediatric forensics
  • Provides photos with text indicating key elements, such as how to tell if a throat slashing is suicidal or homicidal
  • Supplies an alphabetically arranged forensic glossary, allowing medical terms searchableby word
  • Facilitates ready access to information, using a related topics button

    • Summary

    With text equivalent to 200 pages, this electronic, full-color atlas shows 150 photographs with descriptions searchable by cause of death such as: sudden natural, cutting and stabbing, drugs and alcohol, asphyxia and drowning, electrical and thermal, blunt head trauma, pediatric forensic pathology, firearms, and motor vehicle - and other categories, for a total of 16 separate topics.
    Text material includes information, tables, and figures on each cause of death, forensic DNA testing, commonly asked questions, and case studies.

    Features

    Table of Contents

    Detailed text, searchable by cause of death, includes information, tables, and figures on each cause of death, and sections on forensic DNA testing; commonly asked questions; and case studies.

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