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Criminal Law
Forensic medicine
jurisprudence
1 branch of medical science
2.Is a mdedicine applied to law and
Adminitrastion of justice
Medical
branch of law
is law applied
and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. They
may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, or methods
of treatment known as specialist medical practitioners or assume responsibility for
these!injuries!may!be!proofs!to!qualify!the!crime!or!to!
justify!the
act
It! is! the! application! of! medical! and! paramedical!
sciences! as!
demanded!by!law!and!administration!of!justice.!The!
knowledge!
of! the! nature! and! extent! of! wounds! has! been!
acquired! in!
surgery,! abortion! in! gynecology,! sudden! death,! and!
effects! of!
trauma! in! pathology,! etc.! aside! from! having! knowledge!
of! the!
basic!medical! sciences,! like! anatomy,! physiology,!
biochemistry,!
physics,!and!other!allied!sciences.
Strictly!speaking,!LEGAL!MEDICINE!is!primarily!the!
application!of!
medicine!to!legal!cases!while!FORENSIC!MEDICINE!
concerns!with!
the!application!of!medical!science!to!elucidate!legal!
problems.
MEDICAL!JURISPRUDENCE!denotes!knowledge!of!law!in!
relation!
to! the! practice of! medicine. It! concerns! with! the! study!
of! the!
rights,! duties,! and! obligations! of! a! medical! practitioner!
with!
particular! reference! to! those! arising! from!
doctorPpatient!
relationship.
NATURE%OF%THE%STUDY%OF%LEGAL%MEDICINE
A!physician!who!specializes!or!is!involved!primarily!with!
medicoP
legal! duties! is! known! as! MEDICAL! JURIST! (medical!
examiner,!
medicoPlegal!officer,!medico!legal!expert)