A collection of cutting-edge accounts of special topics from various fields of forensic pathology and death scene investigation. The authors offer critical insight into the medicolegal investigation of bodies found in water, the forensic aspects of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection of the central nervous system, deaths in a head-down position, and forensic bitemark analysis. Additional chapters address taphonomic changes in human bodies during the early postmortem interval, arrhythmogenic ventricular dysplaisia that produces sudden death in young people, the postmortem diagnosis of death in anaphylaxis, and iatrogenici deaths. The forensic aspects of suicide, murder-suicide, and suicide trends in the United States are also discussed, along with the evaluation of fatal pulmonary thromboembolism and the use of radiology in medicolegal investigations.

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Autorentext
Prof. Dr. Michael Tsokos, geboren 1967 in Kiel, leitet das Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Charité und das Landesinstitut für gerichtliche und soziale Medizin in Berlin. Er ist der bekannteste deutsche Rechtsmediziner und als Experte im In- und Ausland tätig, beispielsweise für die UN zur Identifizierung ziviler Opfer in Kriegsgebieten. 2005 wurde ihm der Medienpreis "Bambi" für seinen Einsatz bei der Identifizierungs-Mission deutscher Tsunami-Opfer in Thailand verliehen.

Inhalt
Death From Environmental Conditions.- Macroscopical, Microscopical, and Laboratory Findings in Drowning Victims.- Forensic Neuropathology.- HIV-1 Infection of the Central Nervous System.- Forensic Pathophysiology.- Death in a Head-Down Position.- Forensic Odontology.- Bitemarks.- Taphonomy.- Postmortem Changes and Artifacts Occurring During the Early Postmortem Interval.- Macroscopical Findings on Soil-Embedded Skeletal Remains Allowing the Exclusion of a Forensically Relevant Lay Time.- Death From Natural Causes.- Right and Left Ventricular Arrhythmogenic Dysplasia.- Postmortem Diagnosis of Anaphylaxis.- Vascular Conditions.- The Medicolegal Evaluation of Fatal Pulmonary Thromboembolism.- Suicide.- Trends of Suicide in the United States During the 20th Century.- Murder-Suicide.- Iatrogenic Injury.- Iatrogenic Injury.- 1Imaging Techniques in Forensic Pathology.- Forensic Radiology.