Textbook of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 20th Edition

Textbook of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 20th Edition

Textbook of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Twentieth Edition by V. V. Pillay is a comprehensive yet compact textbook covering forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence and toxicology. Published by Paras Medical Publisher, this edition has been prepared to meet the requirements of the competency-based medical education curriculum.

The book explains essential forensic and toxicological concepts in an accessible, student-friendly manner. Complex medicolegal subjects are supported by case histories, true incidents, landmark events, cultural references and numerous colour illustrations, making the content easier to understand and remember.

Its practical and examination-focused approach makes the book particularly useful for MBBS professional examinations, practical assessments, viva examinations and postgraduate entrance preparation. It also provides valuable reference material for medical officers and professionals involved in medicolegal work.

Key Features

• Twentieth edition of the established forensic-medicine textbook
• Prepared according to competency-based medical education requirements
• Updated, compact and student-friendly presentation
• Designed for theory, practical and viva examinations
• Explains essential concepts in easily understandable language
• Integrates forensic medicine, medical jurisprudence and toxicology
• Includes relevant anecdotes, case histories and true incidents
• Discusses important landmark medicolegal events
• Includes relevant references from art, books, music and films
• Contains numerous high-quality colour illustrations and images
• Provides clinically and legally relevant examples
• Discusses contemporary ethical and medicolegal issues
• Covers practical examination requirements and documentation
• Useful for university and postgraduate entrance examinations
• Suitable as a reference for practising medical officers

Major Forensic Medicine Topics

• Introduction to forensic medicine
• Legal procedures and courts
• Medical ethics and professional conduct
• Consent and confidentiality
• Medical negligence and professional liability
• Medicolegal documentation and certification
• Personal identification
• Age and sex determination
• Forensic anthropology and odontology
• DNA profiling and biological identification
• Death and its medicolegal aspects
• Cause, mechanism and manner of death
• Postmortem changes and estimation of time since death
• Medicolegal autopsy
• Exhumation
• Sudden and unexpected death
• Mechanical injuries
• Blunt-force and sharp-force injuries
• Firearm injuries and forensic ballistics
• Regional injuries
• Road-traffic injuries
• Asphyxial deaths
• Hanging and strangulation
• Suffocation and drowning
• Thermal, electrical and environmental injuries
• Sexual offences and examination of survivors
• Pregnancy, delivery and abortion
• Infanticide and child abuse
• Domestic violence
• Custodial death and torture
• Mass-disaster investigation
• Forensic psychiatry
• Criminal responsibility and insanity
• Bloodstains and biological evidence
• Semen, hair and fibre examination

Major Toxicology Topics

• General principles of toxicology
• Diagnosis and management of poisoning
• Toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics
• Decontamination and elimination of poisons
• Antidotes and supportive treatment
• Corrosive poisoning
• Pesticide and insecticide poisoning
• Organophosphorus and carbamate poisoning
• Alcohol and toxic-alcohol poisoning
• Carbon monoxide and cyanide poisoning
• Heavy-metal poisoning
• Arsenic, lead and mercury poisoning
• Pharmaceutical and drug overdose
• Plant and food poisoning
• Snakebite and snake envenomation
• Scorpion stings and other animal poisons
• Substance misuse and drugs of abuse
• Occupational and environmental toxicology
• Medicolegal aspects of poisoning

Recommended For

• MBBS students
• Students following CBME and NMC curricula
• Forensic-medicine practical and viva candidates
• NEET-PG, NExT, INI-CET and FMGE candidates
• Postgraduate forensic-medicine students
• MD Forensic Medicine residents
• Medical officers handling medicolegal cases
• Emergency and casualty medical officers
• Forensic physicians and toxicologists
• Medical colleges and institutional libraries

Book Information

Buy Textbook of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology in Bangladesh

Order the original Textbook of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 20th Edition by V. V. Pillay from Century Publishers. We supply original and imported forensic medicine, toxicology and medicolegal reference books to students, doctors, medical colleges, institutions and libraries throughout Bangladesh.