Forensic Pharmacology: Medicines, Mayhem, and Malpractice (Oxford Medical Publications) - Hardcover

Ferner, R. E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198548265 ISBN 13: 9780198548263

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 1995

Synopsis

Forensic Pharmacology offers a unique and comprehensible account of pharmacological methods and knowledge, and how to use them to solve problems in crimes from drunken driving to murder. It also deals with negligence in giving drugs, and adverse reactions to drugs. The text is enlivened by cases from the literature and from the authors' experience. Appendices give detailed examples of pharmacological problems and their solutions; tables and equations for alcohol calculations; and data for medicines encountered in forensic work.

Experts do not always understand what lawyers want of them, and lawyers fail to appreciate that experts in medicine and pharmacology may not be experts in the law. The section entitled 'legal considerations' was written by a barrister with wide experience of using expert evidence and explains clearly the legal principles. It also contains some helpful hints on how to deal with court procedure and adversarial lawyers.

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Review

constitutes an original but useful contribution in the vast domain of the legal medicine ... Doctor Ferner's book is an essential guide ... Due to the importance of the subjects, the clarity of the text illustrated by numerous examples from the literature and the author's experience, the book will without doubt meet the expectations of a wide range of readers ... An extensive bibliography and an index are included, which make this book a very helpful guide in the field of pharmacology applied to forensic medicine. (Professor P. Mangin, International Journal of International Medicine)

an original but useful contribution in the vast domain of the legal medicine ... Doctor Ferner's book is an essential guide through the data of this new common branch of law and pharmacology ... the book will without doubt meet the expectations of a wide range of readers more or less involved in this complex matter ... An extensive bibliography and an index are included, which make this book a very helpful guide in the field of pharmacology applied to forensic medicine. (P. Mangin, International Journal of Legal Medicine, Vol. 108, No. 5/96)

This book will be of great assistance to both legal and medical professionals participating in litigation involving drugs or related substances. This book serves as an engaging primer on a subject that mutually concerns the professions of law and medicine. Throughout the text, discussions are amply illustrated by well over a hundred case reports. (Clinical Toxicology, 35 (2) (1997))

a text, which although dealing with serious matters, is not without humour ... By way of illustration, or seasoning, a large number of case histories have been included, which indeed make fascinating reading. I agree with the author's predictions as to the classes of the professionals that will benefit from buying and studying this book i.e., lawyers, doctors, policeman, etc. (P.F. D'Arcy, Adverse Drug React. Toxicol. Rev. 1997, 16(2))

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198548265
• ISBN 13: 9780198548263
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264