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As modern medicine is a legal creation, regulated by the state, and medicolegal cases involving death, rape, paternity, etc. require a medical practitioner to produce evidence and appear as an expert witness, these two fields have traditionally been interdependent.
Medicolegal is something that involves both medical and legal aspects, mainly: Medical jurisprudence, a branch of medicine; Medical law, a branch of law
Medical lawyers advise legal clients on their rights during trial. May keep evidence intact and preserved for trial (such as defective medicines or medical equipment). May interpret medical laws, standards, and guidelines in the area (they can often vary by region and by medical practice).
A medico-legal psychiatric assessment is required when a psychiatric report is used as evidence in civil litigation, for example in relation to compensation for work-related stress or after a traumatic event such as an accident. The psychiatric assessment may be requested in order to establish a link between the trauma and the victim's ...
Another area covered by medico-legal forensic entomology is the relatively new field of entomotoxicology. This particular branch involves testing entomological specimens found at a scene for different drugs that may have possibly played a role in the death of the victim.
A duty was owed: a legal duty exists whenever a hospital or health care provider undertakes care or treatment of a patient. A duty was breached: the provider failed to conform to the relevant standard care. The breach caused an injury: The breach of duty was a direct cause and the proximate cause of the injury.
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Professor Aggrawal has authored more than 20 books. Some of these namely, Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices, [7] Necrophilia-Forensic and Medicolegal aspects [8] Age Estimation in the Living: The Practitioner's Guide, [9] [10] Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, [11] Injuries - Forensic and Medicolegal aspects, [12] and Clinical and ...