Death From Environmental Conditions
Pathological Features of Death From Lightning Strike
Stephan Seidl
Elder Abuse: Challenges for Clinical Forensic Specialists and Forensic Pathologists in the 21st Century
Donna M. Hunsaker and John C. Hunsaker III
Homicide
Homicides by Sharp Force
Michael Bohnert, Hartmut Huttemann, and Ulrike Schmidt
Death From Natural Causes
Sudden and Unexpected Death in Marfan Syndrome
Roger W. Byard
Asthma Deaths: Phenomenology, Pathology, and Medicolegal Aspects
Michael Tsokos
Peliosis of the Liver and Spleen: Pathological Features and Forensic Pathological Relevance of Two Rare Diseases With Potentially Fatal Outcome
Michael Tsokos and Andreas Erbersdobler
Infectious Diseases. Pathology of Human Endothelium in Septic Organ Failure
Annette M. Muller and Michael Tsokos
Death Scene Investigation
Special Aspects of Crime Scene Interpretation and Behavioral Analysis: The Phenomenon of 'Undoing'
Judith Schroer and Klaus Puschel
Toxicology
Neogenesis of Ethanol and Fusel Oils in Putrefying Blood
Wolfgang Huckenbeck
Agrochemical Poisoning
Anil Aggrawal
Apoptosis
Apoptosis in Tissue Injury,
Barbara M. Aufiero, George C. Tsokos, Maria Tsokos, and Henry K. Wong
Imaging Techniques in Forensic Pathology
Recent Advances in Postmortem Forensic Radiology: Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications
Benjamin Swift and Guy N. Rutty
Postmortem Ultrasound Imaging in Forensic Pathology
Seisaku Uchigasaki
Veterinary Forensic Pathology
Veterinary Forensic Pathology: The Assessment of Injuries to Dolphins at Postmortem
Roger W. Byard, Catherine M. Kemper, Mike Bossley, Deborah Kelly, and Mark Hill
Fixation Techniques for Organs andParenchymal Structures
Methods of Lung Fixation
Roland Hausmann
Index
Industry Reviews
From Reviews of the First Volume... "...can be recommended to forensic pathologists from beginners to experts...will be a good basis for further forensic practices and researches." -Legal Medicine "...a significant contribution to the forensic pathology literature." -Journal of Forensic Science "...the readers of this book will establish up-to-date and good grasp of forensic pathology...the book can be recommended to forensic pathologists from beginners to experts. The book will give good basis for further forensic practices and researches." -Legal Medicine "It is hoped that the following volume of this series will maintain the high standard set up by this first volume." -International Journal of Legal Medicine "I would recommend the first book in this series to the practicing forensic pathologist who wishes to fill in some gaps of the standard forensic pathology texts or as a starting point to begin to master the art of traumatic forensic neuroimmunohistochemistry." -Arch Pathol Lab Med From the reviews: "A multifaceted and interdisciplinary review of specific and unusual entities encountered in daily practice of forensic medicine. ... The book is primarily intended to serve as a practical guide to forensic and hospital-based autopsy pathologists, residents in forensic and pathology training, medical students and other branches ... . Residents in pathology and forensic pathology training and pathologists will appreciate plethora of gross images of the external injuries inflicted by specific objects, seldom seen in other major forensic pathology books." (Mario Mosunjac, Doody's Review Service, June, 2006)