History of Forensic Medicine

Burkhard Madea

• Publisher: Lehmanns
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9783865419286
• eBook ISBN:
  9783865412058
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Forensic Medicine is an old medical discipline defined as "that science, which teaches the application of every branch of medical knowledge to the purpose of the law" (Alfred Swaine Taylor). Forensic Medicine deals with medical evidence not only in practice but also in research and furthermore all legal essentials in health care especially for doctors are part of teaching, training and research. Several steps in the development of Forensic Medicine can be distinguished: • At first the use of medical knowledge for legal and public purposes. • Secondly the compulsory medical testimony for the guidance of judges. • Thirdly the professionalization as an own academic discipline. The development and existence of a speciality of Forensic Medicine depends essentially on two factors: on a sufficiently high development of the law and on a sufficiently high development of medicine. The period of professionalization of Forensic Medicine as an own academic discipline started in the 19th century, especially in Paris, Vienna, London, Edinburgh, Berlin. Since than the world has changed dramatically and we are now witnesses of a rapid, deep-rooted social cultural, legal and technological transformation. Already 40 years ago Professor Bernhard Knight wrote in a survey on legal medicine in Europe: "In all aspects of life, the exchange of information on an international level can do nothing but good and legal medicine is no exception." This book on the History of Forensic Medicine is an approach in this direction. Forensic Medicine has a long and rich tradition since medical expertise has to face legal questions and new questions and developments raised by the society. The aim of this book is to address the state of Forensic Medicine in different countries worldwide. With contributions from Europe, China, Japan, the United States and the United Arabic Emirates.

Table of contents

• Title
• Contents
• History of Forensic Medicine – Preface. Burkhard Madea
• 1 History of Forensic Medicine – a brief introduction. Burkhard Madea
• 2 History of the autopsy. Burkhard Madea
• 3 Historical development of Forensic Medicine in Austria. Stefan Pollak
• 4 The History of Chinese Forensic Medicine and Science. Xinshan CHEN, Ruiting HUANG
• 5 Forensic Medicine in France. Bertrand Ludes
• 6 History of Forensic Medicine in Germany. Burkhard Madea, Johanna Preuß-Wössner, Gunther Geserick, Ingo Wirth, Eberhard Lignitz
• 7 History of Forensic Medicine in Greece. Theodore Vougiouklakis
• 8 The Development of Forensic Medicine in Hong Kong. Philip Beh
• 9 Legal Medicine in Italy. Cristina Cattaneo, Riccardo Zoia
• 10 History of Forensic Medicine and autopsy in Japan. Toshikazu Kondo, Takaki Ishikawa, Kenji Ishihara
• 11 Forensic Medicine and related disciplines in Poland. Krzysztof Jerzy Wozniak, Erazm Baran, Tomasz Konopka
• 12 Historical aspects of Legal Medicine in Romania. George Cristian Curca, Octavian Buda, Violeta Ionela Chirica
• 13 History of Russian Forensic Medicine. Vladimir Klevno, Viktor Nazarov
• 14 Forensic Medicine in Spain. Aurelio Luna, Maria D. Perez-Carceles
• 15 History of Forensic Medical Sciences in Sweden. Anders Eriksson and Alan Wayne Jones
• 16 History of Forensic Science and Medicine in U.A.E. Younis Albalooshi, Fatima Alkhamiri, Mohamed Hegazi, Emad Mannaa
• 17 The History and Current Practice of Forensic Pathology in the United Kingdom. Alexander Kolar, Matt Lyall, Stephen Wills
• 18 Historical Perspectives on Death Investigation in the United States. Jeffery Jentzen
• History of Forensic Medicine – List of contributors