Showing papers in "Legal Medicine in 1977"

TL;DR: The potential problems that can occur in the hyperbaric aquatic milieu while using scuba are not completely appreciated by pathologists, and the entities air embolism and decompression sickness are differentiated in a similar light.

TL;DR: The introduction of accurate methods to screen for genetic defects in the adult, the newborn, and the fetus promises to increase man's control over his own destiny, but if that promise is to be realized, careful planning will be needed to prevent the technology of screening from imposing its own ethic on man.

TL;DR: The principle of informed consent is based on a long tradition of promoting self-autonomy and rational decision-making as mentioned in this paper, and the amount of information required to be disclosed by the doctor to the patient is that which permits the patient to decide for himself whether or not to undergo the recommended treatment, including risks of death or serious bodily harm, probability of success, problems of recuperation, and alternative modes of treatment.

TL;DR: The view is submitted that the alveolar pattern is the result of a normal developmental process occurring in utero, possibly accentuated by intrauterine fetal respiratory movements, but independent of extrauterine respiration.

TL;DR: Investigation of known or suspected iatrogenic deaths in a perioperative or operative situation or in some other relationship to medical intervention constitutes the most difficult, often perplexing, and far-reaching investigation, examination, and reporting problems of any of the types of cases referred.

TL;DR: Contamination of blood samples collected for alcohol analysis from swabbing with an ethanolic antiseptic is minimal when routine clinical technique is followed and when technicians were told to be deliberately sloppy, considerable contamination occurred.

TL;DR: The writing of a medicolegal autopsy protocol is a difficult task since it must not only enable the author to recapture the details of the event at a later date if he is called to testify, but it must also provide necessary and understandable information to a variety of other individuals with varying backgrounds whose understanding of the findings is essential to a final disposition of the case.