Alex de Costa
Alex de Costa
The principle of personal autonomy means that patients are free not to attend scheduled medical appointments and to risk the complications that may occur as a consequence of their non-attendance. But the situation may be more complicated if...
Sudden death due to coronary artery insufficiency as a result of massive cardiomegaly--a case report [0.03%]
巨大心室所致冠状动脉灌注不足引起猝死一例报告
Basappa S Hugar,S Praveen,J Vinay et al.
Basappa S Hugar et al.
Forensic pathologists encounter a wide range of deaths due to natural causes. Natural deaths can be sudden and unexpected, occurring in apparently healthy people. All such cases have to be investigated and a medico-legal autopsy should be c...
S Praveen,Sulatha Kamath,M Usha et al.
S Praveen et al.
Things are not always what they seem at first sight. One should always be on the watch for more than presents itself as the main issue in the investigation of crime. Whenever a person dies at the scene of accident, it is inferred that the a...
John Garfield
John Garfield
Informing of possible or almost impossible risks of operations may reach absurdity as a form of defensive medicine which is not in the patient's interest and can destroy faith in the surgeon. Its prevention is more a matter for lawyers than...
Elisa Bonanni,Aniello Maiese,Lorenzo Gitto et al.
Elisa Bonanni et al.
Femicide is defined as the killing of a woman by a man because she is a woman. The incidence of femicide has increased over the past few years and accounted for 30.9% of all homicides in 2011 in Italy. Certain features are usually present i...
Suicide pact by drowning with bound wrists: a case of medico-legal importance [0.03%]
捆绑手腕溺水自杀的案件的法医鉴定的重要性
C Behera,Krishna Karthik,Hansraj Singh et al.
C Behera et al.
Suicide pacts are uncommon and mainly committed by male-female pairs in a consortial relationship. The victims frequently choose methods such as hanging, poisoning, using a firearm, etc; however, a case of a suicide pact by drowning is rare...
Peter Walsh
Peter Walsh
This article, taken from a presentation to the Medico-Legal Society, discusses the prospects for patient safety and access to justice in the wake of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust public inquiry and the Legal Aid Sentencing and ...
Chris Pamplin
Chris Pamplin
For most expert witnesses, the decidedly disturbing decision-making of the Supreme Court in Jones v Kaney (2011) UKSC 13, has little immediate impact as, being conscientious professionals, they will be unlikely to be found negligent and wil...
Consent: heaven or hell? [0.03%]
知情同意：天堂还是地狱？
Daniel Haines
Daniel Haines