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91019 - Seminar of Forensic Medicine in Radiology

Academic Year 2025/2026

                
                        Docente:
                        Jennifer Paola Pascali
                    
                        Credits:
                        1
                    
                        SSD:
                        MED/43
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques (cod. 6063)

                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Nov 19, 2025 to Dec 10, 2025

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

- Forensic Imaging and Radiology

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 along the course.

Teaching methods

Frontal teaching and debate about real cases

Assessment methods

Oral or written test

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.” https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students

Teaching tools

PC, video projector.

Office hours

See the website of Jennifer Paola Pascali