Forensic Pathology: Forensic pathology is the branch of forensic medicine which deals with study and application of effects of violence or unnatural disease in its various forms in or on the human body, in determining the cause and manner of death in case of violence suspicious, unexplained, unexpected, sudden and medically unattended deaths.
Forensic anthology:
Forensic anthology is the branch of forensic medicine which deals with the
medico legal aspects of deaths.
Scope of Forensic
medicine:
- It
deals with those aspects of medical science which are needed for
application of scientific facts in legal matter, both civil & criminal .
- It
embraces those aspects of
medicine including its fundamental, physical,
chemical & biology principles as such specialities like forensic
pathology & toxicology in order to bring it into partnership with the
process of law.
- It deals with the application of
principles & knowledge of facts of medicine to the purposes of law
both civil & criminal.
Definition: It
may be defined as the science which deals with legal responsibilities of the
physician with particular reference to those arising from physician – patient
relationship and application of the rules and regulation for the guidance to
medical profession.
Role of Medical
Jurisprudence during practice of medicine: It deals with following
relationship which are recognized as having legal consequences:
- Doctor-patient relationship: responsibilities of the particular reference to those arising from physician-patient relationship such as
. Medical negligence cases
. Consent
. Rights
& duties of doctors
.Serious
professional misconduct
. Medical
ethics etc
- Doctor-doctor relationship: A doctor criticizing his colleagues as doing anything which is unfair competition is liable to face the consequences.
- Doctor-state relationship:
- in court to give evidence
- the police in case of homicidal poising
- the public health authorities in case of food poisoning
In short, deals with legal aspects of practice of medicine.
