This textbook from CBS Publishers & Distributors is an English medium (अंग्रेज़ी माध्यम) title originally by C.K. Parikh, edited in its later editions by Prof. B.V. Subrahmanyam, covering medical jurisprudence, forensic medicine and toxicology (चिकित्सा न्यायशास्त्र, न्यायालयिक चिकित्सा एवं विष विज्ञान). Parikh's is one of the long-established Indian works in the field — in print across nine editions since the 1970s — and its subtitle states the ambition that distinguishes it: it is written for classrooms and courtrooms, meaning it is used not only by medical students but by lawyers, medicolegal practitioners and expert witnesses who need a text that will stand up in evidence. Its coverage of medical jurisprudence — the legal and ethical framework of medical practice — is fuller than in most undergraduate forensic textbooks, which is what gives it that dual use.
The ninth edition, as stated on its cover, has had its text reorganised to incorporate the CBME guidelines and the curriculum, with new chapters added to cover newer competencies, 172 competencies covered and 450 question answers included. Successive editions have progressively updated the visual material and the law: the previous edition added better visual images and many new photographs relating to decomposition, autopsy techniques, various injuries, violent asphyxial deaths, and snake and scorpion poisoning, and incorporated topics including the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, along with changes in the criminal law relating to rape, sexual deviations, penetrative sexual assault and acid attacks. The whole book is written in English in the Roman script.
Key Features:
English medium book — complete content written in English (Roman script)
Originally by C.K. Parikh, edited by Prof. B.V. Subrahmanyam
Published by CBS Publishers & Distributors; ninth edition
Written for classrooms and courtrooms — used by lawyers as well as students
Fuller treatment of medical jurisprudence than most undergraduate texts
Text reorganised to incorporate CBME guidelines and the curriculum
New chapters added to cover newer competencies
172 competencies covered
450 question answers included
Extensive photographic material — decomposition, autopsy technique, injuries
Violent asphyxial deaths, snake and scorpion poisoning illustrated
POCSO Act 2012 and criminal law changes on sexual offences incorporated
A recognised authority text for medicolegal opinion and expert evidence
Nine editions in print — one of the classic Indian works in the subject
Suitable for MBBS, MD Forensic Medicine, lawyers and medicolegal practitioners
सीबीएस पब्लिशर्स एंड डिस्ट्रीब्यूटर्स द्वारा प्रकाशित 'Parikh's Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology' का यह नौवाँ संस्करण मूल रूप से डॉ. सी.के. पारिख द्वारा लिखित है, जिसका संपादन प्रो. बी.वी. सुब्रह्मण्यम ने किया है। यह भारत में इस विषय के शास्त्रीय ग्रंथों में से एक है और इसका उपशीर्षक ही इसकी विशेषता बताता है — 'for Classrooms and Courtrooms' — अर्थात् यह केवल चिकित्सा विद्यार्थियों के लिए ही नहीं, बल्कि अधिवक्ताओं, चिकित्सा-विधिक विशेषज्ञों तथा विशेषज्ञ साक्षियों के लिए भी लिखी गई है। इसमें चिकित्सा न्यायशास्त्र (medical jurisprudence) का विवेचन अधिकांश स्नातक पाठ्यपुस्तकों की तुलना में अधिक विस्तृत है। इस संस्करण में पाठ को CBME दिशा-निर्देशों एवं पाठ्यक्रम के अनुरूप पुनर्व्यवस्थित किया गया है, नई दक्षताओं को समाहित करने हेतु नए अध्याय जोड़े गए हैं, कुल 172 दक्षताएँ सम्मिलित हैं तथा 450 प्रश्न-उत्तर दिए गए हैं। पुस्तक में विघटन, शव-परीक्षण तकनीक, विभिन्न चोटों, हिंसक श्वासावरोधी मृत्यु तथा सर्प एवं बिच्छू विष से संबंधित अनेक छायाचित्र सम्मिलित हैं। ध्यान दें: यह पुस्तक पूर्णतः अंग्रेज़ी भाषा एवं रोमन लिपि में है, हिन्दी में नहीं।
