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1. An Introduction to forensic medicine and toxicology By Dr Imran Sabri,Assistant professor, forensic medicine, college of medicine, KFu

2. DEFINITIONS TO REMEMBER FORENSIC MEDICINE FORENSIC SCIENCES MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE FORENSIC PATHOLOGY MEDICAL ETHICS MEDICAL ETIQUETTES. STATE MEDICINE TOXICOLOGY. INDIAN PENAL CODE [IPC] CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE [Cr PC] INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT [IEA]

3. DEFINITION : FORENSIC MEDICINE: Application of Medicine or Medical Science for the administration of justice or for the purpose of law FORENSIC SCIENCES: Application of Sciences for the administration of justice. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE: Study of laws applicable to practice of Medicine. Deals with the legal aspect of medical practice. FORENSIC PATHOLOGY: Study and application of effect of violence or unnatural disease in its various forms in or on human body, in determining the cause and manner of death in case of violence, suspicious, unexplained, unexpected, sudden and medically unattended deaths

4. DEFINITIONS TOXICOLOGY: It is science dealing with properties, toxicity, fatal dose, detection estimation of, interpretation of the result of toxicological analysis and treatment of poisons. FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY: Application of toxicology for the administration of justice. Or it deals with medical and legal aspects of the harmful effect of chemicals on human beings.

5. MEDICAL ETHICS & ETIQUETTES MEDICAL ETHICS: It deals with moral principals which should guide members of medical profession in their dealings with each other, their patients and state. In short it deals with doctor-doctor relationships, doctor-patients relations, doctor-state relationships. MEDICAL ETIQUTTES: Laws of courtesy observed between members of medical profession.

6. EXAMPLES OF MEDICOLEGAL CASES Road traffic accidents Accidents in factories Cases with mismatched history Suspected cases of homicides or suicides Suspected cases of poisoning Burn injuries of any cause Any case where foul play is suspected. Suspected or evident cases of sexual offences Unconscious patient whether the etiology of unconsciousness is cleared Brought out patients with the improper history All cases referred by courts

7. WHAT TO DO in MLC Record all his findings and observations correctly and inform police station in writing. Every doctor whether working in Govt. hospitals or in private practice is legally and ethically bound to provide emergency treatment to all cases whether they are medico legal or not. The private practitioner after providing emergency care may refer the case to the appropriate hospital for further treatment.

8. WHAT TO DO... Every Medico Legal Case should be entered in the Medico Legal Register kept in the hospital and information. Two copies of Case sheet. Every Medico Legal Case should be treated at the earliest and the formalities may be completed later. Preserve all the articles including clothes, gastric lavage , weapons,pellets or bullets removed from the body of patient. Also preserve X-RAYS, CT scans, MRI films . Articles should be handed over to police and obtain a proper receipt.