Legal Medicine 1987 - by Wecht (Hardcover)

About the Book

Established in 1969, Cyril Wecht's Legal Medicine series has, in the words of a review of the 1982 volume, helped validate and develop the field which it reports. Legal Medicine's format assembles articles by experts dealing with a range of topics in the field of legal medicine and forensic science. The contributors provide balanced coverage of timely and practical issues.

Book Synopsis

Established in 1969, Cyril Wecht's Legal Medicine series has, in the words of a review of the 1982 volume, helped validate and develop the field which it reports. Legal Medicine's format assembles articles by experts dealing with a range of topics in the field of legal medicine and forensic science. The contributors provide balanced coverage of timely and practical issues.

Review Quotes

"This volume consists of eighteen varying articles authored by an impressive cadre of experts in medicine, law, toxicology, pharmacology, forensic sciences and related specialties. The selections, in part at least, may be attributed to the editor's background in medicine and law and his extensive experience as a former coroner and leader or organizations if forensic sciences and legal medicine.... Each article is well-referenced, providing the reader with limited background in a specific subject category with additional resources to supplement the article. Since several selected topics are considered in more than one article and from a number of different perspectives the reader is provided an opportunity to cross-reference these in a comprehensive index.... [It] is recommended as a resource publication, worthy of obtaining for a pharmacy college library as well as for a forensic science laboratory."-American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

About the Author

CYRIL H. WECHT, M.D., J.D., is Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.