Forensic Medicine
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Comprehensive analysis of drugs of abuse in urine using disposable pipette extraction.

30 Aug 2009 The extraction of basic, acidic, and neutral drugs of abuse from a low volume of urine (0.2 mL) using disposable pipette extraction (DPX) is described. DPX is a solid-phase extraction device that uses loosely contained sorbent inside a pipette tip ... Read more...

Legal controls of the medical profession.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The authors, after a brief historical review of the theme, review the articles published in the last year. The purpose is to verify how the field has moved on during this period, as a constant increase of legal and social controls ... Read more...

The interface of law and medical ethics in medical intensive care.

30 Aug 2009 The delivery of medical care in the intensive care setting is subject to various legal principles and processes, as well as important ethical precepts. This article outlines the basic medicine-law interface, explaining the concepts of medical ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Forensic Medicine'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Forensic science. Scientists decry isotope, DNA testing of 'nationality'. 30 Sep 2009
• Comprehensive analysis of drugs of abuse in urine using disposable pipette extraction. 30 Aug 2009
• Legal controls of the medical profession. 30 Aug 2009
• The interface of law and medical ethics in medical intensive care. 30 Aug 2009
• Flight crash beyond medallion. 30 Aug 2009
• An economical mtDNA SNP assay detecting different mitochondrial haplogroups in identical HVR 1 samples of Caucasian ancestry. 6 Aug 2009
• 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) poisoning in Victor Yushchenko: identification and measurement of TCDD metabolites. 3 Aug 2009
• Number of addictive substances used related to increased risk of unnatural death: a combined medico-legal and case-record study. 2 Aug 2009
• The Napranum social and emotional wellbeing week. 30 Jul 2009
• TRICARE: Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) changes included in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2007; authorization of forensic examinations. Final rule. 15 Jul 2009
• Reflections: neurology and the humanities. The case of the misguided Squire. 12 Jul 2009
• Detection of human blood by immunoassay for applications in forensic analysis. 30 Jun 2009
• Attempted suicide or homicide: skin reveals a clue. 29 Jun 2009
• A cocaine body packer case report: clinical and forensic aspects. 29 Jun 2009
• Forensic science. 13 Jun 2009
• [Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University] 30 May 2009
• Infection control implementations at forensic medicine practice: a national survey in Turkey. 30 May 2009
• A series of complex suicide. 30 May 2009
• Position statement: Position of the NSC Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs on the source code of evidential breath-alcohol analyzers. 30 May 2009
• Quantitative analysis of carisoprodol and meprobamate in whole blood using benzylcarbamate and deuterated meprobamate as internal standards. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Forensic Medicine'

Definition: The application of medical knowledge to questions of law.

Descriptor UI: D005554

Alternative terms: Forensic Medicine; Medicine, Forensic; Medicine, Legal; Legal Medicine;

Related Mesh Headings: Law Enforcement;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.330; I01.198.780.937;

Online Note: use FORENSIC MEDICINE & FORENSIC DENTISTRY to search CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 1966-74

History Note: 65; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74; was heading 1963-64

Technical Notes: for crime or identification: differentiate from JURISPRUDENCE, usually civil suits; for human identification of skeletal remains HUMAN IDENTIFICATION see FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY is available; for human identification by teeth see FORENSIC DENTISTRY; note other specific forensic terms are also available DF: FORENSIC MED