Medical-Legal Aspects of Alcohol (4th Edition)

摘要

Medical-Legal Aspects of Alcohol incorporates scientific evidence and legal casework dealing with alcohol to form a reference book that can be used for both medical and forensic purposes. This is the 4th revised edition of the original text Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol in Biological Specimens with thorough considerations of how alcohol can be involved in clinical or forensic science. The book is set up in an outline format and starts off teaching about the science and analysis of ethanol (alcohol), leading to motor vehicle involvement, and ending with chapters regarding litigation and testing for alcohol at the workplace. The pharmacology and analytical methods of determining alcohol levels form the foundation of the book. Tables and figures help clarify the evidence and research which is cited throughout the text.