The WHO analgesic ladder The analgesic ladder remains the mainstay of our approach to analgesia, though this was never designed for use in isolation. Surgery, radiotherapy, and appropriate tumoricidal treatments…
Causes Depression and anxiety are usually reactions to the losses and threats of the medical illness. Other risk factors often contribute. Confusion usually reflects an organic mental disorder from one…
Components of palliative care Palliative care is recognised by individualised, holistic models of care, delivered carefully, sensitively, ethically, and therapeutically by using skilled communication with attention to detail, meticulous assessment,…
Forensic Photography in the Emergency Department William S. Smock Patrick E. Besant-Matthews A good photograph…is one which conveys to the observer something which he has not seen, known, or thought…
New Drugs of Abuse K. Sophia Dyer Alcohol still holds the lead as the most common drug of abuse and “social lubricant.” However, many other drugs are used and abused…
Testifying Sharon A.H. May Role of the Sexual Assault Health Care Examiner The sexual assault health care examiner, be it a physician, nurse, physician’s assistant, or forensic nurse examiner (FNE),…
Law Enforcement Donald E. Steinhice When a sexual assault case is reported, it is almost always first reported to the police or another law-enforcement agency. Although law enforcement may be…
Sexual Assault and the Criminal Justice System Sharon A. H. May Innocent until proven guilty,” the cornerstone concept of the American criminal justice system, embodies constitutional principles designed to achieve…
Treating Survivors of Intimate Partner Abuse: Forensic Identification and Documentation Daniel J. Sheridan Intimate partner abuse has profound physical and psychological health effects on millions of Americans and is now…
Serology and DNA Evidence Rosalind Bowman Teri J. Labbe Kimberly A. Mullings Once a crime has been committed, law enforcement needs to determine what has happened (when, why, and how)…
