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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kim A. Collins , Roger W. ByardPublisher: Humana Press Inc. Imprint: Humana Press Inc. Edition: 2014 ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 7.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 2.331kg ISBN: 9781617794025ISBN 10: 1617794023 Pages: 1303 Publication Date: 18 February 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsA History of Pediatric Forensic Pathology.- Pediatric Death Scene Investigation.- The Pediatric Autopsy.- Fetal, Intrapartum, and Neonatal Deaths.- Placental and Maternal Conditions in Perinatal Deaths.- Birth Trauma.- Neonaticide.- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI), and Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC).- Pediatric Asphyxial Deaths.- Factitious Illness by Proxy in Children.- Cutaneous Findings in Children.- Skin Conditions Mimicking Pediatric Inflicted Injury.- Blunt Abdominal and Thoracic Injuries in Children.- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Injuries in Children.- Evaluation of Pediatric Fractures at Autopsy.- Dating of Other Injuries in Children.- Fatal Pediatric Craniocerebral and Spinal Trauma.- Biomechanics of Pediatric Head Injury.- Ocular Findings in Pediatric Inflicted Injury.- Neuroimaging of Pediatric Inflicted Injury.- Non-Central Nervous System Imaging of Pediatric Inflicted Injury.- Adolescent Homicide.- Pediatric Sexual Abuse.- Starvation, Malnutrition, Dehydration, and Fatal Neglect.- Pediatric Suicide.- Sports-Related Injuries and Deaths.- Other Pediatric Accidental Deaths.- Pediatric Iatrogenic Deaths.- Pediatric Toxicology.- Pediatric Natural Deaths.- Cardiac Channelopathies and the Molecular Autopsy.- Other Pediatric Cardiac Conditions.- Childhood Obesity.- Pediatric Metabolic Diseases.- The Disabled Child.- Pediatric Anthropology and Odontology.- Ancillary Studies and Dissection Techniques in the Pediatric Autopsy.- Pediatric Organ and Tissue Donation.- Death Certification.- Expert Testimony in Pediatric Forensics.- AppendicesReviewsAuthor InformationProfessor Roger Byard is currently working as the Chief Forensic Pathologist at Forensic Science SA in Adelaide, Australia, and also holds Clinical Professorship with the Department of Pathology and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Adelaide. He is a Consultant Pediatric Forensic Pathologist with the Child Protection Unit at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide and a Pediatric Pathologist. Professor Byard qualified in medicine in Australia in 1978 (University of Tasmania MBBS, BMedSci) and became a licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada in 1982 (LMCC). He holds fellowships in Anatomical Pathology in Canada (FRCPC), the United Kingdom (FRCPath) and the United States (FCAP), and is a Certificant in Family Medicine with the Canadian College of Family Physicians (CCFP). He was a foundation member of the Australian College of Legal Medicine (MACLM) and is a member of both the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) and the Society for Pediatric Pathology (SPP) in the United States. He has two higher degrees from the University of Adelaide on aspects of pediatric forensic medicine and pathology (MMedSci-Pediatr, MD). In 2004, he was awarded a Public Service Medal for 'outstanding public service to pediatric pathology' and in that year, he was also awarded a medal by the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia for his expertise and efforts following the Bali bombing tragedy. He has a specific interest in sudden infant and childhood death and has published, or has in press, over 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 41 chapters in 14 textbooks many of which deal with infant and childhood death. He has also presented or coauthored over 300 papers that have been presented at national and international meetings. He has authored a text entitled 'Sudden Death in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence', which has been described as the 'current international benchmark in the subject', and has co-edited a second text entitled 'Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - Problems, Progress and Possibilities'. He is also currently co-editing an Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine and serves on the editorial board of three international forensic and pathology journals. He has an interest in 'Preventative Pathology' and coordinates childhood accident prevention through 'The Keeping your Baby and Child Safe Program' in South Australia. He has also coordinated workshops on paediatric forensic pathology and medicine in a number of countries in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. Dr. Kim Collins - From 1995-2008, Dr. Collins was on the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, as professor in pathology and laboratory medicine, director of autopsy and forensic pathology, and co-director of the pathology education division of the medical and dental schools. She was the recipient of numerous teaching awards from medical and dental students. Dr. Collins now works with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to the active involvement in the CAP Spokesperson Network, Dr. Collins serves as a member on the Public Affairs Committee, an advisor to and immediate past chair of the Autopsy Committee, and a CAP Fellow Member delegate to the CAP House of Delegates. Other professional membership activities include serving as the South Carolina liaison to the National Association of Medical Examiners, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, past president of the South Carolina Society of Pathologists, and member of the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Medical Examiner/Coroner Advisory Committee. After receiving her BS in microbiology, magna cum laude Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Georgia, Athens, Dr. Collins earned her MD from the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta. She completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, followed by a fellowship in forensic pathology at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic, Clinical, and Forensic Pathology. She is licensed in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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