Fresh research has opened up new vistas in forensic pathology that are
allowing for closer national and international cooperation between
pathologists and scientists in a range of medical and scientific
disciplines. At the same time, autopsy and laboratory techniques are
undergoing rapid evolution, with new procedures coming on stream while
existing processes yield additional--and more accurate--results.
This sixth volume of reviews in forensic pathology provides
professionals working in the field with cutting-edge material on the
latest key advances in the fields of traumatic death, sudden natural
death and death time estimation. Now with numerous color illustrations,
the book gives forensic experts across the world a fully up-to-date
guide to contemporary procedures and theory in forensic science and
medicine. The chapters cover an exhaustive range of aspects in the
discipline, from the analysis of sudden natural deaths in infancy and
childhood to the cardiac proteomics approach in the study of cases
involving sudden cardiac death. Other specialist chapters deal with the
forensic investigation of deaths in aviation and as a result of
accidents involving all-terrain vehicles. The volume covers fresh
research in the use of protein markers for the estimation of post-mortem
intervals, and features a chapter telling the story of the medico-legal
investigation into the deaths resulting from the 9-11 terrorist attacks
on the World Trade Center. Comprehensive and current, this fresh volume
of reviews is an essential resource for professionals who need to stay
ahead of the game in a fast-moving and exciting field of scientific
endeavor.
