Dear Legal Medicine Class,

1. As we did not have any examinations (Midterms and Finals) that would lead me to give
you grades in this course, let me as you to essentially do a paper in the following topics. In
essence, I would like you to form groups of 5 to 6 individuals and write about the different
topics that we discussed in class.
2. The beadles should take note of the topics chosen by each group.
3. I am giving you 2 wks to research and pass your "final examinations"
4. Each topic should follow a general way of presentation
A. Introduction, historical aspects both foreign and local
B. Definition of Key terms
C. Medico-legal Importance and Implications
D. Body/Meat of the topic
E. Related Philippine laws, statutes, criminal, civil and admin
F. Related jurisprudence
G. Others
H. Citations
5. I need these thing to be PROPERLY CITED
6. Illustrations should be properly cited if not original
7. Kindly use the table of Contents of Solis Book as Guide.
So topics will be:
A.
General Consideration
B.
Identification of the living and dead
C.
Injuries and its manifestations, wounds, include gun shot, knife and other
penetrating, hazing, vehicular crash, etc (2groups)
D.
Death
E.
Sex crimes
F.
Marriage, Pregnancy, Delivery and Birth
G.
Infanticide and abortion
H.
Paternity and filiation, with wills and succession
I.
Impotence and sterility
J.
Mental disturbance/s
K.
Poisoning
L.
Forensics examination in the Philippines
M.
MEDICO-Legal aspects of DNA EXAMINATIONS
N.
MEDICAL malpractice and jurisprudence, I like to the group to dig into the old SC
decisions on this matter (Philippine Reports)
O.
Annexes: PMA Code of Ethics, other related statutes on legal med
Please, make this as scholarly as possible. Beadles to talk amongst yourselves on a
uniform form of citing reference materials.

I would like to have a group picture of the three sections of this years Legal Med Class.
Now, I think you would have wished to have taken the Finals instead! Heheheh!
But that a little too late by now.
Email me for any problems. traumadocph@yahoo.com
Thanks a lot class!
J