Professional Documents
Culture Documents
MEDICINE
Organization &
Application of basic & regulation of the
clinical medical Medical profession;
knowledge duties imposed by the
State
Contractual obligation
Elucidate legal
between the MD &
matters/problems
patient
Legal Medical
Medicine Jurisprudence
Basic Internal
Surgery
Sciences Medicine
Obstetrics &
Pathology
Gynecology
SCOPE OF
LEGAL
MEDICINE • Anatomy
• Physiology
• Biochemistry
• Physics
• Genetics
BASIC SCIENCES
SCOPE OF
LEGAL
MEDICINE
• Gunshot Wounds
• Physical Injuries
• Trauma
SURGERY
• Burns
SCOPE OF
LEGAL
MEDICINE • Drug dependence /
addiction
• Asphyxia
• Coma
INTERNAL MEDICINE
• Alcoholism
• Poisoning
• Psychiatric diseases
• Impotency / sterility
SCOPE OF
LEGAL
MEDICINE
• Pregnancy & Birth
• Abortion
• Methods of
OBSTETRICS &
Procreation
GYNECOLOGY
• Virginity & defloration
• Sexual crimes
SCOPE OF
LEGAL
MEDICINE • Death- natural, violent
or disaster
• Blood studies
• Paternity
PATHOLOGY
• DNA, Fingerprinting
• Dental pathology
Medicine
M E D I C O–L E G A L O F F I C E R
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Medico-legal Cases
• Treatment • Cause
INJURY OR
DISEASE
• Report to the court
or investigative
• Diagnosis body
PURPOSE
Medico-legal Officers
• Health Officers
• Medical Officers of Law Enforcement
Agencies
• Members of the Medical staff of Accredited
Hospitals
Medicine is applicable
• Civil Law
• Criminal Law
• Remedial Law
• Special Laws- Dangerous Drugs Act, Child
and Youth Welfare Code, Code of
Sanitation, etc.
CIVIL LAW