Introduction to Legal Medicine

Recommended Prerequisites

Nothing to report.

Teaching Methods

Theorical exposure and presentation of case studies.

Learning Outcomes

It is intended to provide the basic knowledge required in Forensic and Legal Medicine that any anthropologist must possess, so that during his professional practice he can obtain a holistic reading of human remains, that he learns to work in multidisciplinary teams and in the area of frontier with other sciences. That is, at the end of this Curricular Unit the student should be able to carry out an interdisciplinary reading of the human remains and to work in the frontier area with the other forensic sciences.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Thanatology: cadaverous phenomena, signs of death, verification and certification of death and its implications for society and for the individual. The external examination of the corpse, determination of the circumstances of death. Legal requirements for performing autopsies.

Forensic pathology: objectives, scope and limits of the forensic autopsy. Basic knowledge of forensic pathology: general forensic pathology; blunt force trauma; sharp force trauma; high velocity and blast traumas.

Basic knowledge of: Forensic Genetics; Toxicology; Histology; Imaging; Biomedical law.

Head Lecturer(s)

Duarte Nuno Pessoa Vieira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Black S, Ferguson E. (eds) 2011 Forensic anthropology 2000 to 2010. Boca Raton. CRC Press.

Byard R, Corey T, Henderson C, Payne-James J. (eds) 2005. Encyclopedia of Forensic Medicine. London. Academic Press.

Calabuig GJA. 2004. Medicina Legal y Toxicologia (6ª ed). Barcelona. Masson.

DiMaio V, Dimaio D. 2003. Forensic Pathology. Boca Raton. CRC Press.

Knight B. 2005. Forensic Pathology: Principles and practices. Oxford. Academic Press.