Reference : The Essentials of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 35th Edition by KS Narayan Reddy , OP Murty
Definitions
Forensic or Legal medicine
(Forensic =forums of or used in Courts of law)
Deals with the application of medical and paramedical knowledge to aid in the administration of justice.
Used by legal authorities for the solution of legal problems.
e.g. deciding cases of injuries , murder , suicide , accidents , sexual offences , poisoning etc.
In short it deals with medical aspect of law.
Clinical Forensic Medicine
Medicolegal aspects of examination of living human beings caused by or associated with all types of violence and other cases where legal problems are involved.
State
Medicine
Legal aspects of practice of medicine.
e.g. regulating professional activities of medical practitioners, standard and uniformity of medical education, health requirement of community and environmental health.
Medical
Jurisprudence
(juris=law , prudentia = knowledge)
Legal responsibilities of physician with particular reference to those arising from physician patient relationship.
e.g. medical negligence cases , consent , rights and duties of doctors , serious professional misconduct , medical ethics etc.
Legal aspect of practice of medicine
Forensic
Pathology
Study and application of effect of violence or unnatural disease in its various forms in or on human body , in determining the cause and manner of death in case of violence , suspicious , unexplained , unexpected , sudden and medically unattended deaths.
Medical
Ethics
Moral principles which should guide members of medical profession in their dealings with each other , their patient and state .
Medical Etiquette
The conventional laws of courtesy observed between members of the medical profession.
The doctor should behave with his colleagues as he would have them behave with himself.
