Medico-Legal JournalPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-11DOI: 10.1177/00258172241274444
Philip Havers Kc
{"title":"Breach of medical confidentiality.","authors":"Philip Havers Kc","doi":"10.1177/00258172241274444","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00258172241274444","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35529,"journal":{"name":"Medico-Legal Journal","volume":" ","pages":"14-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143400065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medico-Legal JournalPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2022-02-02DOI: 10.1177/00258172211060669
Alok Atreya, Ritesh G Menezes, Savita Lasrado
{"title":"The nose as a feature of forensic practice.","authors":"Alok Atreya, Ritesh G Menezes, Savita Lasrado","doi":"10.1177/00258172211060669","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00258172211060669","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The nose is a prominent facial structure which is too often overlooked by forensic medicine practitioners. Studies that consider the role of the nose in forensic practice are scattered throughout scientific literature. We provide a brief review of these.</p>","PeriodicalId":35529,"journal":{"name":"Medico-Legal Journal","volume":" ","pages":"31-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39879651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Socio-demographic profile of suicidal hanging deaths in Delhi and the National Capital Region - a retrospective study.","authors":"Aditya Anand, Sanjay Kumar, Surya Kiran Panga, Laiba Ashraf, Dibya Sharma, Sarvesh Tandon","doi":"10.1177/00258172211053697","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00258172211053697","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this retrospective socio-demographic analysis is to identify those at higher risk of suicidal hanging in the region of Delhi and the National Capital Region. All deaths due to suicidal hanging from January 2016 to December 2019 reported in the Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital were included. Suicidal hanging accounted for 2.67% of total autopsied cases; 21-30 years old represented 42.62% of the victims. Male:female ratio was 1.7:1 and 38.37% of cases were from the adjoining areas of Vasant Kunj and Vasant Vihar. Therefore, a preventive strategy should focus concern on young adults, the male sex, and areas of Vasant Kunj and Vasant Vihar.</p>","PeriodicalId":35529,"journal":{"name":"Medico-Legal Journal","volume":" ","pages":"3-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39612257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medico-Legal JournalPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-01-17DOI: 10.1177/00258172241275265
Tanuj Kanchan, Meena S Kumar, Prudvi Munisankar, Raghvendra S Shekhawat, Vikas P Meshram
{"title":"Atypical airbag injuries in a child: A case report.","authors":"Tanuj Kanchan, Meena S Kumar, Prudvi Munisankar, Raghvendra S Shekhawat, Vikas P Meshram","doi":"10.1177/00258172241275265","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00258172241275265","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Airbags have significantly reduced the severity of injuries sustained in vehicular crashes. The most common injuries are minor abrasions, contusions, etc., but severe and fatal thermal burns and craniofacial fractures may occur nonetheless. We report a rare case of atypical airbag injuries suffered by the front seat occupant of a car following airbag deployment in a high-velocity frontal collision. The injuries appeared to be a combination of thermal burns, chemical burns and mechanical injuries. A detailed evaluation of the mechanism of such injuries is needed in order to devise preventive strategies and avoid their recurrence.</p>","PeriodicalId":35529,"journal":{"name":"Medico-Legal Journal","volume":" ","pages":"48-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143013197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medico-Legal JournalPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-11DOI: 10.1177/00258172241285621
Samarendra Barman, Kaustav K Bairagi
{"title":"Is a Central Protection Act the best way to protect medical professionals from violent attacks in India?","authors":"Samarendra Barman, Kaustav K Bairagi","doi":"10.1177/00258172241285621","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00258172241285621","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>India's doctors are demanding effective protection against escalating levels of violence against healthcare workers. There are Acts in several states aimed at the prevention of violence against healthcare workers and health establishments but conviction rates are very low. Following the recent rape and murder of a trainee doctor in a government hospital, the demand for a central law to protect healthcare workers has intensified. But would this be effective?</p>","PeriodicalId":35529,"journal":{"name":"Medico-Legal Journal","volume":" ","pages":"42-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143400068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medico-Legal JournalPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-08DOI: 10.1177/00258172241285986
Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, Rodrigo D Assis
{"title":"The medico-legal pertinence of musculoskeletal nociplastic pain.","authors":"Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, Rodrigo D Assis","doi":"10.1177/00258172241285986","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00258172241285986","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pain conditions can be challenging; nociplastic pain, defined as pain that cannot be sufficiently explained by structural/anatomical changes, is newly categorised as the third pain mechanism. Nociplastic pain complaints are subjective, often accompanied by symptoms of fatigue, sleep and mood disturbance and cognitive difficulties with no diagnostic biomarker or reliable measurement of severity. Medico-legal challenges include attribution of causation after an alleged triggering event, assessment of severity, and reported functional impairment. This review considers nociplastic pain in regard to the musculoskeletal system with focus on causation and temporality of the pain condition and impairment. We hope that this overview will provide a better understanding of these challenging pain conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":35529,"journal":{"name":"Medico-Legal Journal","volume":" ","pages":"33-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11874585/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143374890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giulia Ricchezze, Gianmarco di Palma, Massimo Lancia
{"title":"Practical considerations in the use of deceased bodies for biomedical research and education.","authors":"Giulia Ricchezze, Gianmarco di Palma, Massimo Lancia","doi":"10.1177/00258172241275291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00258172241275291","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35529,"journal":{"name":"Medico-Legal Journal","volume":" ","pages":"258172241275291"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143013205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medico-Legal JournalPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-09-19DOI: 10.1177/00258172241273521
Diana Brahams, Eleanor Jane Turner
{"title":"The UK's National Health Service needs to take urgent action to get itself and the nation fitter by focusing on prevention. Dentistry as an example of strategy gone wrong.","authors":"Diana Brahams, Eleanor Jane Turner","doi":"10.1177/00258172241273521","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00258172241273521","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35529,"journal":{"name":"Medico-Legal Journal","volume":" ","pages":"170-173"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142297197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medico-Legal JournalPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-08-19DOI: 10.1177/00258172241255194
Konstantinos Kontoangelos, Maria Kalofonou, Panagiotis Bethanis, Charalabos Papageorgiou
{"title":"Vitriol attack on a young woman in Greece: The story of Ioanna's response.","authors":"Konstantinos Kontoangelos, Maria Kalofonou, Panagiotis Bethanis, Charalabos Papageorgiou","doi":"10.1177/00258172241255194","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00258172241255194","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An acid attack is a deliberate act of violence. Sulphuric acid is thrown at a person's face and body with the intention of harming and disfiguring the victim. Sulphuric acid is a dangerous weapon which can cause very serious injuries including severe skin damage, blindness, significant disfigurement and/or permanent disability. We report the case of Ioanna, a 34-year-old woman who was attacked with vitriol by a jealous woman in May 2020. Following her admission to hospital, where Ioanna was an inpatient for 85 days, she underwent nine operations. Since her discharge she has undergone ten more, with further interventions likely in the future. In addition, she has undergone various treatments and procedures to restore her skin. Ioanna's courage and strength has inspired thousands of young children and adults who cope with a variety of health problems.</p>","PeriodicalId":35529,"journal":{"name":"Medico-Legal Journal","volume":" ","pages":"218-222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142000849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}