Paediatric Forensic Medicine and Pathology by J K Mason

Paediatric Forensic Medicine and Pathology by J K Mason

A feature of forensic medicine is that it crosses both medical and legal boundaries. The increasing complexity of modern medicine and the changing attitudes of patients to the provision of medical care dictate the need for a corresponding increase in forensic medical knowledge. This is particularly true in the case of paediatric forensic medicine and pathology. Children are not simply small adults. They have their special medico-legal problems just as they need a distinct clinical expertise. The medico-legal problems of childhood, including the very topical subjects of assisted reproduction and of child abuse, are worldwide. The editor has had an opportunity to combine legal and medical experience and has introduced a format in forensic medical writing whereby doctors and lawyers contribute to distinctive parts of the whole work. As a result the book should appeal to practitioners in both professions who are concerned with the medico-legal aspects of reproduction, infancy and childhood.

J. Kenyon Mason is Professor (Emeritus) of Forensic Medicine in the University of Edinburgh. He has been an Honorary Fellow teaching and researching medical law and ethics in the Edinburgh Law School since 1985. Graeme T. Laurie is Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at The School which he joined in
1995. In addition to his work in the field of medical law, in which he is an international authority on genetics and the law, he has wide interests in the law of intellectual property and is currently co-director of the Arts and Humanities Research Board Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual
Property and Technology Law at the University of Edinburgh.

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ISBN 13	9780412291609
ISBN 10	0412291606
Title	Paediatric Forensic Medicine and Pathology
Author	J K Mason
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Chapman and Hall
Year published	1998-01-01
Number of pages	516
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