Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forensic Medicine

medical jurisprudence . That science which teaches the application of every branch of medical knowledge to the purpose of the law. Hence, its requirements are, on the one hand, the requirements of the law, and on the other , the whole range of medicine.

Medical jurisprudence. “That science which teaches the application of every branch of medical knowledge to the purposes of the law; hence its limits are, on the one hand, the requirements of the law, and, on the other, the whole range of medicine. Anatomy, physiology, medicine, surgery, chemistry, physics, and botany lend their aid as necessity arises; and in some cases all these branches of science are required to enable a court of law to arrive at a proper conclusion on a contested question affecting life or property.” Tayl. Med. Jur. 1.

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Camps, Francis E., ed. Gradwohl’s Legal Medicine, 3rd edition. Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishing Company, 1994.

Meyers, David W. Medico-Legal Implications of Death and Dying: A Detailed Discussion of the Medical and Legal Implications Involved in Death and/or Care of the Dying and Terminal Patient. Rochester, NY: The Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Co., 1981.

Spitz, Werner U., and Russell S. Fisher, eds. Medicolegal Investigation of Death: Guidelines for the Application of Pathology to Crime Investigation. Springfield, IL: Thomas, 1980.

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Translation of Forensic medicine

• Spanish: Medicina forense
• French: Médecine légale
• German: Gerichtsmedizin
• Italian: Medicina legale
• Portuguese: Medicina legal
• Polish: Medycyna s&aogon;dowa

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• Criminology