The Forensic Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury - A Handbook for Clinicians and Attorneys, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

Drawing on the expertise of several well-known figures in the medical, neuropsychological, and legal professions, Forensic Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Handbook for Clinicians and Attorneys, Second Edition provides a concise, general overview of the forensic assessment process and the issues surrounding Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The book identifies key topics involved in forensic assessment, including definitions and select medical diagnostic terminology, and reviews the neurologic, neuropsychiatric, neuropsychological, and psychological assessment processes specific to brain injury cases. The second edition is updated and revised to include a new chapter on neuropsychiatric evaluation as performed by a clinical or forensic neuropsychiatrist. It delineates the distinct differences between the forensic neurological and neuropsychiatric assessments, acknowledging the overlaps and defining the separate focus of each discipline. New information on forensic testimony and the forensic examiner as an expert witness covers the qualifications and credibility of the forensic expert and the admissibility of expert testimony in TBI cases. The handbook highlights the most recent court rulings and possible modification to the admissibility of forensic testimony. Also new to this edition is a chapter on neuropsychological rehabilitation issues after TBI. It outlines crucial information on treatments, services, and facilities that may be required temporarily or ongoing and thus have bearing during litigation and on the outcome of a traumatic brain injury case. Forensic Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Handbook for Clinicians and Attorneys, Second Edition offers clinically usefuland practical tables and reference pages that are indispensable for forensic examiners, expert witnesses, and legal professionals alike.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2007
First published:	November 2007
Editors:	Gregory Murrey, Ph.D. • Donald Starzinski, Ph.D., M.D
Dimensions:	241 x 161 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	175
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8493-9075-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Forensic medicine
LSN:	0-8493-9075-3
Barcode:	9780849390753

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