Forensic Science and Legal Medicine A Multidisciplinary Puzzle!

• Other Authors: Sessa, Francesco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; senility; Jointpoint analysis; coefficient of variation; AASs; anabolic androgenic steroids; organ damage; toxicity; injury; chronic administration; anaphylactic death; diagnostic workflow; immunohistochemical investigation; blood tryptase level; COVID-19; mortality; RT-PCR; chest computed tomography; phorate; acute toxicity; chronic toxicity; histopathological kidney; toxicological examination; primary cerebral melanoma; sudden death; clinical signs; pathological observations; forensic pathology; glycophorin A investigation; vitality; sudden death (SD); sudden cardiac death (SCD); autopsy; molecular autopsy; genetics; post-mortem investigation; practical flowchart in SD; microbiome; human identification; biobank; forensic; homicidal; case series; malingering; feigned; threat; risk assessment; psychiatric evaluation
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Even if the terms "forensic sciences" and "legal medicine" seem to be synonymous, they could be defined as two sides of the same coin. It has been demonstrated that they are different components of the application of medical knowledge upon the legal system. Legal medicine has gre...