Jason Payne-James & John A. M. Gall 
Current Practice in Forensic Medicine 

Although forensic medicine has been in existence for centuries in
one guise or another, it is only with the recent growth in
international research that it has begun to be acknowledged as a
specific discipline in its own right. Many areas of progress are
being made and this text aims to provide a unique, in-depth and
critical update on selected topics that are of direct relevance to
those practicing in the field including lawyers, police, medical
and dental practitioners, forensic scientists and
postgraduate/undergraduate medical students and undergraduate law
students preparing for forensic medicine examinations.

This volume is designed to cover the wider aspects of forensic
medicine, including the law, science, medicine (forensic pathology,
clinical forensic medicine and forensic psychiatry) and dentistry.
Topics covered include subjects of debate and/or uncertainty in
areas where significant advances have been made and in those of
current relevance to the forensic profession, Chapters provide a
variety of approaches to the areas under discussion with reviews of
current knowledge, information on significant changes and pointers
to the future that the reader should be aware of.

Features:

* An authoritative review, for forensic medicine practitioners
throughout the world, from leading international experts in the
field.

* Provides critical commentary and updates on current
practice.

* Topics include: a guide to the presentation of forensic medical
evidence, bioterrorism, the paediatric hymen, assessment and
interpretation of bone trauma in children, adult sexual assault,
genital photography, forensic photography, common errors in injury
interpretation, self-inflicted injuries and associated
psychological profiles, bite marks and the role of the pathologist
in aviation disasters.

* Includes a wealth of four colour figures to illustrate key
points discussed within the text.

About the author

John Gall is a forensic physician in private practice,
Director of Southern Medical Services, Principal of Era Health and
is a staff specialist Forensic Physician in the Victorian
Paediatric Forensic Medical Service, located at the Royal
Children’s Hospital and Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne. He is a
member of the International Editorial Board of the Journal of
Legal and Forensic Medicine and Internet Journal of Forensic
Medicine and Toxicology. He has published widely in the field
of clinical forensic medicine and has spent many years teaching
forensic medicine to undergraduates and graduates.

JASON PAYNE-JAMES is a forensic physician. He is Honorary
Senior Lecturer, Cameron Forensic Medical Sciences, Barts & the
London School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of London,
UK. He is Director of Forensic Healthcare Services Ltd. He is
external Consultant to the National Policing Improvement Agency and
to the National Injuries Database in the UK. He is Editor-in-Chief
of the Journal of Forensic & Legal Medicine. He has
published widely in the field of clinical forensic medicine. He has
also co-edited, co-authored and contributed to numerous books in
the field including Black, Aggrawal and Payne-James: ‘Age
Estimation in the Living’ 2010 (Wiley Blackwell).