Forensic Medicine
| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE | |
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| Course title | Forensic Medicine |
| Chair of Criminal Law Sciences | |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Lecturer | prof.dr.sc. Mladen Marcikić |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 |
| Telephone | |
| mmarcikic@pravos.hr | |
| Lecturer | doc.dr.sc.biomed. Elizabeta Matuzalem Marinović |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 |
| Telephone | |
| ematuzale@pravos.hr | |
| COURSE DESCRIPTION |
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| Course content |
Introduction. Health impairment and death. Mechanical injuries. Skull and brain injuries. Vital reactions and some general consequences of mechanical trauma. Asphyxial injuries. Physical injuries. Nutritional injuries. Psychological injuries. Bacterial injuries. Toxicology. Thanatology. Scientific disciplines dealing with criminal offenses and offenders. Expert witnesses and forensic expertise under the Criminal Procedure Act. Assessment of the severity of bodily injury. Pregnancy. Unlawful termination of pregnancy. Infanticide. Criminal offenses against sexual freedom and morality. Criminal liability of physicians. Fundamentals of medical criminalistics. Suicide. Homicide. Expert evaluation in traffic accidents. Selected issues in medical ethics. |
| Course learning outcomes |
To identify and classify different manifestations of physical injuries, To explain the difference between various types of injuries and their severity, To explain toxicological analysis, To compare different forms of tissue decomposition within the scope of thanatology, To categorize specific criminal offenses and interpret them in the context of forensic medicine, |
| TEACHING METHODS | |
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| ☑ Lectures ☐ Seminars and workshops ☐ Exercises ☐ Independent tasks ☐ Multimedia and internet | ☐ Distance education ☐ Office hours ☐ Laboratory ☐ Field work ☐ Mentoring work ☐ Knowledge test |
| EXAMINATION PROCEDURE | |
| ☑ Oral exam ☑ Written exam ☐ Colloquium |
Other: |
| ADDITIONAL FACTS |
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| During the implementation phase of the curriculum, quality is monitored by tracking class attendance and maintaining ongoing communication with students, either in person or via email. After the completion of the curriculum, quality is assessed by monitoring exam results. |
| LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS |
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| Required reading |
| Zečević D, Škavić J. (ur.). Osnove sudske medicine za pravnike. 1996. Zagreb: Barbat |
| Zečević D. i sur.. Sudska medicina i deontologija, 5. izd.. 2018. Medicinska Naklada |
| Optional reading |
| P. Saukko, B. Knight. Knight ́s Forensic Pathology. 2016. 4.izd.Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press |
| V. J. Di Maio, D. Suzanna E.Dana. Forensic Pathology,. 2007. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press |
| T. Hope, J. Savulescu, J. Hendrick. Medical Ethics and Law. 2003. Edinburgh, London, 2003. |
| R.B. Dettmeyer, M.A.Verhoff, H.F.Shütz: . Forensic Medicine Fundamentals and Perspective. 2025. Heilderberg: Springer, 2014. |
| D.P. Lyle. Forensic for dummies, 2.izd, Hoboken. 2019. NJ: Wiley Brand |
| J.Payne-James, R.Jones: Simoson ́s . Forensic Medicine, 14. izd.. 2020. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC press |
| V.J.M.DiMaio, K.Molina, DiMaio ́s. Forensic Pathology, 3, izd.. 2022. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press |
