Forensic Medicine (4th Edition)

Author: Wang Baojie, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book is written as a compulsory textbook for five-year clinical medical students. The overall guiding principle is to enable students to systematically learn the basic theories, knowledge, and skills of forensic medicine, broaden their knowledge base, and enhance their comprehensive qualities. It aims to help students understand the basic qualifications required for examiners and witnesses, and master the ability to safeguard the rights and interests of patients and themselves in clinical practice. To this end, while maintaining the systematic and continuous nature of forensic medical knowledge, the book strives to promptly reflect the latest developments and achievements in this field. It focuses on forensic medical knowledge relevant to clinical medicine: the scientific and objective methods for recording examination results during clinical diagnosis and treatment, and their important significance as legal evidence in case proceedings, insurance claims, and other legal matters; the recognition, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis of clinical manifestations such as malingering, simulated injury (illness), abuse, and poisoning; the basic principles, important techniques, and forensic applications of DNA polymorphism analysis; the scientific evaluation of biological evidence and its crucial role in ensuring the correctness of forensic conclusions; the causes and preventive measures of medical malpractice. It is believed that through the study of forensic medicine, medical students will further improve their comprehensive knowledge level and social adaptability, better serving society. This textbook is also suitable for use by students in seven-year clinical medical programs and other related disciplines.