Forensic Neuropathology

✍ Scribed by Helen L. Whitwell

• Publisher: A Hodder Arnold Publication
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 226
• Series: Hodder Arnold Publication
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Forensic neuropathology succeeds in combining the concerns of the forensic pathologists with those of the neuropathologist, addressing the overlapping problems which arise from the autopsy and subsequent legal proceedings. The editor has the unique experience of working jointly as a forensic pathologist and as a neuropathologist. A wide range of illustrations complement the text, many of which are in full color.

✦ Table of Contents

Book title......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 15
1 Anatomy of the head and neck......Page 16
2 Techniques......Page 35
3 Scalp, facial and gunshot injuries......Page 51
4 Adult skull fractures......Page 68
5 Intracranial haematomas: extradural and subdural......Page 77
6 Subarachnoid haemorrhage and cerebro–vascular pathology......Page 86
7 Contusional brain injury and intracerebral haemorrhage: traumatic and non-traumatic......Page 97
8 Primary traumatic brain injury......Page 109
9 Brain swelling and oedema, raised intracranial pressure, and the non-perfused brain......Page 122
10 Spinal injuries......Page 128
11 Difficult areas in forensic neuropathology: homicide, suicide or accident......Page 139
12 Head injury in the child......Page 150
13 Non-traumatic neurological conditions in medicolegal work......Page 167
14 Alcohol, drugs and toxins......Page 183
15 Clinical aspects of head injury......Page 195
16 The role of the expert witness......Page 211
B......Page 218
C......Page 219
E......Page 220
H......Page 221
I......Page 222
M......Page 223
R......Page 224
S......Page 225
Z......Page 226