1. Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, University Hospital R. Poincaré, Paris, France 2. Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Parakou, Benin 3. Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, University Hospital R. Poincaré Garches, France 4. Laboratory of Medical Ethics and Forensic Medicine, University of Paris, Paris, France African Health Sciences 2012; (4): 443 445 http:...

background and objective: since it is essential for the research policy makers to acquire knowledge about the global ranks of their countries in in pathology and forensic medicine subject areas, scientometrics experts have been always ranking and analyzing countries on the basis of ‘total number of papers’, ‘total number of citations’ and ‘citations per paper’, etc. materials and methods: the ...

Individual chapters explore the emerging role of imaging in the diagnosis of non-accidental injury and compare recent evidence contrasting sudden infant death and SIDS; the head and neck injury chapter carefully explores the 'shaken baby syndrome' and similar patterns of injury that have recently gained widespread media attention. Special emphasis is given to interview and assessment procedures...

Individual chapters explore the emerging role of imaging in the diagnosis of non-accidental injury and compare recent evidence contrasting sudden infant death and SIDS; the head and neck injury chapter carefully explores the 'shaken baby syndrome' and similar patterns of injury that have recently gained widespread media attention. Special emphasis is given to interview and assessment procedures...

Individual chapters explore the emerging role of imaging in the diagnosis of non-accidental injury and compare recent evidence contrasting sudden infant death and SIDS; the head and neck injury chapter carefully explores the 'shaken baby syndrome' and similar patterns of injury that have recently gained widespread media attention. Special emphasis is given to interview and assessment procedures...

Manuscripts prepared in accordance with Guide for authors should be sent to the editor-in-chief or to one of the national editors. Submission of articles Official journal of the Danish, the Norwegian and the Swedish societies for forensic medicine. The journal will publish original articles, review articles, preliminary communications, letters to the editor and case reports in the different dis...

The teaching and practice of forensic pathology and public health on an integrated basis or as one in which these disciplines are closely associated dates back to the turn of the century, as exemplified by the publication in 1902 of John Glaister's Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence, Toxicology and Public Health. In the metamorphosis of medical training and medical practice, however, current cir...

The aim of this chapter is to explain what legal medicine is (from its background to the present), and forensic pathology in particular—what its objectives are, what forensic doctors do, and when, why, how, and for whom. Furthermore, the author aims to identify their main difficulties and expectancies. Starting from the definition and going through a brief historical contextualization, this cha...

although death is a gradual process, sometimes sudden death occurs in a fraction of a minute or seconds. here we report a 49-year-old man without any underlying disease, which has instantly died in an accident scene due to compression of neck critical elements by a three-point seat belt. the examination of the body and the results of the autopsy, toxicology and pathology tests are described fro...