Forensic MedicineCategory

Wanna be a Forensic Scientist?

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

Rhetorical field is the petition of field to law. Any field can be practical into a athletics situation, but some of the commonest rhetorical sciences comprise rhetorical biology, rhetorical chemistry, and rhetorical toxicology. In bid to be a rhetorical person you must first be a scientist. You must have a toughened education in the field [...]

Forensic emergency medicine

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Forensic medicine is the medical specialty that links medicine with the law, incorporating forensic pathology (a subspecialty of histopathology) and clinical forensic medicine. Over the past 50 years forensic medicine as an academic subject has been in slow (some would say terminal) decline. In fact, newly qualified doctors probably start practising without having received even [...]

Careers in forensic medicine

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Forensic medicine is often seen as a glamorous yet morbid field of work, a myth perpetuated by television stars like the notorious Quincy, ME. But it's not all solving crimes and post mortems. Richard Jones and Roy Palmer describe the different career opportunities that bring the law and medicine together
If you are interested in the [...]

Clinical Forensic Medicine

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

The loss of human life and function due to violence affects millions of people annually. Society demands an investigation of trauma associated with criminal activity. No longer is it acceptable for health care professionals to operate in isolation of forensic philosophies and principles. Health care professionals involved in the initial response to these victims, in [...]

Digital Imaging & Dust - sensor cleaning

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Since the dawn of photography, dust has been an enemy of the photographer. Dust sometimes (and somehow!) managed to get into the processing tank and onto the surface of the film during processing. Dust frequently got onto the surface of the film when i...

Imaging wounds in context

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

It is important for the crime scene investigator or forensic photographer to understand the appearance of different wound types, their significance and the implications for the technical aspects surrounding the lighting and composition, for effective d...

Book review

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

There are few (but gradually increasing) books dedicated to Forensic Photography. Redsicker is sometimes regarded as the "standard" text, but in my view it was dissapointing and poorly illustrated - particularly as quality of imaging is key to effectiv...

New Forensic Imaging Blog

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Welcome to this new blog dedicated to all aspects of Forensic Imaging. Although Forensic Science is well catered for on the web, Forensic Imaging is not so well represented. This blog will aim to promote discussion and interest in this diverse and exci...

Bringing Out the Dead (Originally Posted 2/11/2005)

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

I dont know if the average person ever thinks about the issue of removing a body from a scene. Most everyone has seen a body rolled away on the news or on a crime drama by people specially “trained” to perform that task. Needless to say, there is no actual formal training. [...]

Autopsy Technician / Pathology Assistant Employment

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Found your site today as I tried to pursue information on Forensic Autopsy Technician involving education required and position availability. Ive been an RN for 30 years and this aspect of medicine has always intriqued me. Early in my VA career, they would call me down to autopsies to observe, because they knew I was [...]