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San Beda University

College of Law
Legal Medicine Syllabus
Atty. Joel U. Macalino, M.D., FPCS, FACS

Textbooks: Solis, Legal Medicine


Any Philippine Textbook on Legal Medicine (Olarte,
Rebosa, Maligaya)
Others

Medium of Instruction: Lecture/Power Point


Recitation either Before or After Lectures
Work Modules

I. General Considerations in Legal Medicine (Introduction)

II. Legal Aspect of Injuries; The General Principles


A. Penetrating Injuries (Stab wounds and Gunshot/Ballistics)
B. Blunt Injuries (Vehicular Crash)

WORK MODULE I: Understanding Documentation of Injuries

III. Abortion, Birth and Infanticide

IV. Sex Crimes/Rape


A. “A Plot Hatched in Hell”

V. Death By Hazing

VI. DNA and Other means of Identification

WORK MODULE II: Fingerprinting and Analysis

VII. Paternity and Filiation

VIII. Legal Aspects of Death


A. Special Deaths
B. Disposal of the Dead
IX. Medical Malpractice

WORK MODULE III: Additional Jurisprudence on Medical Malpractice

X. Emerging Issues/Controversies in Legal Medicine


A. Mass Casualty Incidents; The Rescuer and the Rescued
B. Death, Dying and Advance Directives
C. Organ Donation in the Philippines
D. The HIV Law

FINALS IN LEGAL MEDICINE

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