Table of Contents

Part 1: General considerations
1: Drugs, their behaviour and their effects on the body
2: Analyses of drugs and drug concentrations in blood and other body compartments
3: Legal considerations
Part 2: Specific problems
4: Effects of drugs on behaviour
5: Effects of drugs on the victims of crime
6: Negligence and medicines
Part 3: Specific drugs of forensic importance
7: Ethanol
8: Benzodiazepines
9: Insulin
10: Potassium chloride and other potassium salts
11: The antipsychotic drugs: phenothiazines, butyrophenones, and other agents
12: Opiates and related drugs
13: Vaccines
14: Paracetemol
15: Anabolic androgens (anabolic steroids)
Appendix A Pharmacokinetic calculations
Appendix B Detailed aspects of measurement of ethanol and calculations based on ethanol concentration
Appendix C Brief details of some drugs of forensic importance
References
Index

Reviews

`constitutes an original but useful contribution in the vast domain of the legal medicine ... Doctor Ferner's book is an essential guide ... Due to the importance of the subjects, the clarity of the text illustrated by numerous examples from the literature and the author's experience, the book will without doubt meet the expectations of a wide range of readers ... An extensive bibliography and an index are included, which make this book a very helpful guide
in the field of pharmacology applied to forensic medicine.'
Professor P. Mangin, International Journal of International Medicine
`an original but useful contribution in the vast domain of the legal medicine ... Doctor Ferner's book is an essential guide through the data of this new common branch of law and pharmacology ... the book will without doubt meet the expectations of a wide range of readers more or less involved in this complex matter ... An extensive bibliography and an index are included, which make this book a very helpful guide in the field of pharmacology applied to
forensic medicine.'
P. Mangin, International Journal of Legal Medicine, Vol. 108, No. 5/96
`This book will be of great assistance to both legal and medical professionals participating in litigation involving drugs or related substances. This book serves as an engaging primer on a subject that mutually concerns the professions of law and medicine. Throughout the text, discussions are amply illustrated by well over a hundred case reports.'
Clinical Toxicology, 35 (2) (1997)
`a text, which although dealing with serious matters, is not without humour ... By way of illustration, or seasoning, a large number of case histories have been included, which indeed make fascinating reading. I agree with the author's predictions as to the classes of the professionals that will benefit from buying and studying this book i.e., lawyers, doctors, policeman, etc.'
P.F. D'Arcy, Adverse Drug React. Toxicol. Rev. 1997, 16(2)