- Docente: Paolo Fais
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/43
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8473)
Learning outcomes
To achieve a proper knowledge of forensic sciences and legal medicine. In particular, to obtain a more detailed expertise on social sciences, criminology, forensic psychopathology, forensic pathology, forensic toxicology, bioethics and professional ethics.
Course contents
Teaching will focus the following topics:
- Legal medicine and forensic sciences: Introduction
- Basic concepts about Law
- Crimes against persons
- Basic concepts about forensic pathology and tanatology
- Death, Brainstem Death and Brainstem Death Diagnosis
- State of Apparent Death
- Medical Doctors and paramedics in the italian law system
- Obligation to rescue and to inform about crimes of MDs and paramedics
- Mental disorder and other causes of diminished respobnsivbility
- Welfare state and related benefits in Italy
- Medical Liability and Malpractice
- Pregnancy protection and Abortion law
Readings/Bibliography
M. Zagra, A. Argo, B. Madea, P. Procaccianti, Medicina Legale orientata per problemi, Elsevier, 2011.
C. Puccini, Istituzioni di medicina legale, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 6 edizione, 2003.
A. Cicognani, M. Fallani, S. Pelotti, Medicina Legale, Esculapio, 2014.
RB. Dettmeyer, MA. Verhoff, HF. Schütz - Forensic Medicine - Fundamentals and Perspectives. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
PPT will be available on AMS Campus along the course.
Teaching methods
Frontal teaching and debate about real cases
Assessment methods
Multiple choiche written test
Teaching tools
PC, video projector.
Office hours
See the website of Paolo Fais