PATHFINDER ON LEGAL MEDICINE

Guide on the literature and resources of the library

Prepared by Anna Rita L. Alomo, Head Librarian,
Health Sciences Library

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Scope Note
Books
Online Articles
Electronic Resources

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Scope Note:
Sources on the study of medical aspects of law and legal aspects of medicine. Legal medicine is the
application of medical and paramedical scientific knowledge to certain branches of law, both civil and
criminal. Its aim is to aid the administration of justice by correlating such knowledge and applying it to
the purpose of law. Medical jurisprudence on the other hand denotes knowledge of law in relation to
the practice of medicine. The subject deals with those relations which are generally recognized as having
legal consequences. It is primarily concerned with legal rights and responsibilities of medical
practitioners with particular reference to those arising from the doctor-patient relationship. It is
advantageous for a medical practitioner to have acquaintance with the manner in which he may come in
contact with the legal authorities and to have some knowledge of the legal procedure.

Books:
ACSM's resource manual for guidelines for exercise testing and Prescription. (2010). Philadelphia :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. [RM725 .Am35s 2010]
ACSM's resources for clinical exercise physiology : musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, neoplastic
immunologic, and hematologic conditions. (2010). Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer
Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health. [RM725 .Am35ac 2010]
ACSM's resources for the personal trainer. (2007). Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. [RC1213
.Ac78 2007]
Adams, Cynthia H. (2011). Therapeutic communication for health professionals. New York : McGrawHill. [R727.3 .Ad17 2011]
American College of Legal Medicine. (2007). The medical malpractice survival handbook. Philadelphia,
PA : Mosby/Elsevier. [RA1056.5 .M468 2007]
Avoiding common anesthesia errors. (2008). Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins. [RD81 .Av71 2008]

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Blood banking and transfusion medicine : basic principles & Practice. (2007). Philadelphia, PA :
Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier. [RM171 .B623 2007]
Cleveland, Ana D. (2009). Health informatics for medical librarians. New York : Neal-Schuman
Publishers. [R858 .C599 2009]
Clinical obstetrics : the fetus & mother. (2007). Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub. [RG551 .C616 2007]
Critical care transport. (2011). Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers. [RA996.5 .C869 2011]
Current diagnosis & treatment emergency medicine. (2008). New York : McGraw-Hill. [RC86.7 .C936
2008]
Dimond, Bridgit. (2009). Legal aspects of physiotherapy. Oxford ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell.
[KD2968.T47 .D597a 2009]
First aid for the emergency medicine boards. (2009). New York : McGraw-Hill Medical. [RC86.9 .F519
2009]
First aid for the emergency medicine clerkship. (2011). New York : McGraw-Hill Medical. [RC86.92 .F519
2011]
Garza, Diana. (2010). Phlebotomy handbook : blood specimen collection from basic to advanced. Upper
Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson. [RB45.15 .G199 2010]
Gastrointestinal tract imaging : an evidence-based practice guide. (2010). Edinburgh ; New York :
Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier. [RC804.R6 .G219 2010]
Gillingham, Elaine A. (2009). LaFleur Brooks' health unit coordinating : pocket guide. St. Louis :
Saunders Elsevier. [RA972.55 .G415 2009]
Key concepts in palliative care. (2011) London : SAGE. [R726.8 .K52 2011]
Lagonera, Manuel G. (2010). Legal medicine. Quezon City : Wiseman's Books Trading. [RA1051 .L136
2010]
Lapuz, J. Art (Assisted Reproductive Technology) And Its Legal Influendos. [KE5611 .L41]
Lawrence, Ryan E. Physicians' beliefs about conscience in Medicine. [R11 .Ac12]
Leading and managing in nursing. (2011). St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Mosby. [RT89 .L469 2011]
Maligaya, Renato M. (2007). Legal medicine : comprehension synopsis in forensic medicine & medical
jurisprudence. Manila : Rex Book Store. [RA1051 .M295 2007]

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Massachusetts General Hospital handbook of general hospital. (2010). Psychiatry. Philadelphia :

Saunders/Elsevier. [RC455.2.C65 .M382 2010]
Mitchell, Joyce. (2007). Introduction to health care. Clifton Park, NY : Thomson/Delmar Learning. [R838
.M694 2007]
Olarte, Leo Obias. (2010). Legal medicine. Quezon City : Central Book Supply. [RA1051 .Ol1 2010]
Pediatric acute care : a guide for interprofessional practice. (2012). Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett
Learning. [RJ370 .P341g 2012]
Performance-enhancing technologies in sports : ethical, conceptual, and scientific issues. (2009).
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press. [RC1230 .P416 2009]
Pharmacogenomics : applications to patient care. (2009). Lenexa, KS : American College of Clinical
Pharmacy. [RM301.3.G45 .P494a 2009]
Pineda, E. Legal implications of sex change. [K12 .L449]
Quackenbush, John. (2011). The human genome : the book of essential knowledge. New York : Imagine.
[QH431 .Q21 2011]
Quinn, Lori. (2010). Documentation for rehabilitation : a guide to clinical decision making. Maryland
Heights, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier. [RM700 .Q44d 2010]
Rossi's principles of transfusion medicine. (2009). Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell/AABB
Press. [RM171 .R735 2009]
Sage, William M. Malpractice liability, patient safety, and the personification of medical injury
opportunities for academic medicine. [R11 .Ac12]
Shives, Louise Rebraca. (2012). Basic concepts of psychiatric-mental health nursing. Philadelphia :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. [RC440 .Sh69 2012]
Solis, Pedro P. Legal medicine . Manila : Beltran Educational Supply. [RA1051 .So45]
Taylor, Kelly. Teen abuse of legal drugs in serious medicine. [L11 .Ed83ed]
Vlientinck, Arnold., Pieters, Luc., Apers, Sandra. Legal requirements for the quality of herbal substances
and herbal preparations for the manufacturing of herbal medicinalproducts in the European
union. [RS164 .P694]
Woolfron, Julian. Medical liability in Reform. [RG1 .Ob]

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Online Articles:
Legal medicine. Direct pcr amplification from extracted tissues for individual identification. Full Text
Available (includes abstract); Jian Tie; Uchigasaki S; International Medical Journal, 2010 Dec; 17
(4): 285-8 (journal article - pictorial, research, tables/charts) ISSN: 1341-2051
Subjects: Patient Identification; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Soft Tissue Injuries
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Available from EBSCOhost.
Practice of forensic medicine and pathology in Sri Lanka. Full Text Available (English); Abstract
available. By: Balachandra AT; Vadysinghe AN; William AL, Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory
Medicine [Arch Pathol Lab Med], ISSN: 1543-2165, 2011 Feb; Vol. 135 (2), pp. 187-90; PMID:
21284435
Subjects: Sri Lanka; Forensic Medicine education; Pathology education; Physicians
Database: MEDLINE with Full Text, Available from EBSCOhost.
A survey on substance abuse related deaths referred to Tehran's Legal Medicine Organization during
2007 and 2008. Full Text Available (English); Abstract available. By: Daneshparvar HR; Sardari F;
Esfahanizadeh N, Acta Medica Iranica [Acta Med Iran], ISSN: 1735-9694, 2011; Vol. 49 (6), pp.
383-9; PMID: 21874643
Subjects: Iran; Drug Users statistics & numerical data; Substance-Related Disorders mortality;
Adolescent: 13-18 years; Adult: 19-44 years; Middle Aged: 45-64 years; All Child: 0-18 years; All
Adult: 19+ years; Female; Male
Database: MEDLINE with Full Text, Available from EBSCOhost.
From illegal poison to legal medicine: a qualitative research in a heroin-prescription trial in Spain. Full
Text Available (English); Abstract available. By: Romo N; Poo M; Ballesta RPEPSA Team, Drug
And Alcohol Review [Drug Alcohol Rev], ISSN: 1465-3362, 2009 Mar; Vol. 28 (2), pp. 186-95;
PMID: 19320704
Subjects: Spain; Heroin therapeutic use; Heroin Dependence drug therapy; Narcotics therapeutic use;
Substance Abuse, Intravenous drug therapy; Adult: 19-44 years; All Adult: 19+ years; Female;
Male
Database: MEDLINE with Full Text, Available from EBSCOhost.
What is legal medicine Are legal and forensic medicine the same? Original Research Article Journal of
Forensic and Legal Medicine, Volume 17, Issue 3, April 2010, Pages 137-139 Roy G. Beran
Database: Available from ScienceDirect.
The handling of bariatric bodies. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Volume 20, Issue 1, January
2013, Pages 57-59 David Eitzen, Roger W. Byard
Database: Available from ScienceDirect.

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Electronic Resources:
International journal of legal medicine
MEDLINE Complete 2009 to present (Embargo: 1 year) Your Access: (Embargo: )
Resource Type: Journal
ISSN: 0937-9827 Online ISSN: 1437-1596
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Subject: Medicine and Health Sciences -- Medical Sciences -- Forensic Medicine, Medical Jurisprudence
Journal of Forensic & Legal Medicine
ScienceDirect Freedom Collection (Cristin) (Embargo: ) Your Access: (Embargo: )
Resource Type: Journal
ISSN: 1752-928X Online ISSN: 1878-7487
Publisher: Elsevier Science Limited
Subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
Journal of Legal Medicine
Academic Search Complete 1999 to present (Embargo: 18 months) Your Access: (Embargo: )
CINAHL Plus with Full Text 1999 to present (Embargo: 18 months) Your Access: (Embargo: )
MEDLINE Complete 1999 to present (Embargo: 18 months) Your Access: (Embargo: )
MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO Publishing) 1999 to present (Embargo: 18 months) Your Access:
(Embargo: )
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection 1999 to present (Embargo: 18 months) Your Access:
(Embargo: )
Resource Type: Journal
ISSN: 0194-7648 Online ISSN: 1521-057X
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Subject: Medicine and Health Sciences -- Medical Sciences -- Forensic Medicine, Medical Jurisprudence
Legal medicine
ScienceDirect Freedom Collection (Cristin) (Embargo: ) Your Access: (Embargo: )
Resource Type: Journal
ISSN: 1344-6223 Online ISSN: 1873-4162
Publisher: Elsevier Science Limited
Subject: Medicine and Health Sciences -- Medical Sciences

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