Archiwum medycyny sa̧dowej i kryminologii
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Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol · Apr 2004
Historical Article[Bicentennial of the Kraków Department of Forensic Medicine (1804-2004)].
Due to the bicentennial jubilee of the Kraków Department of Forensic Medicine a session of the XIII Scientific Conference of the Polish Forensic Medicine and Criminology Society will be devoted to its work. The Conference will be held in Kraków on the 15-17 of September 2004. Unpublished archive materials associated with the beginnings of the Department will be presented.
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Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol · Apr 2004
[Inconsistencies between clinical and forensic recognition of brain concussion in the material of the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Medical Academy in Bydgoszcz].
The material contains 128 cases of brain concussion diagnosed by physicians since 1995 to 2000. The bases of diagnosing and the rules of opinionating of brain concussion after trauma of the head were discussed. Inconsistencies between clinical diagnosis and forensic medical opinionating were observed in 69.53%. In the group of patients who were intoxicated at the moment of head trauma disagreement was observed in 91.30%.
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The aggrievement of children is not only a present day problem. The term: child abuse has appeared in the literature in the mid XIX century. In this paper an attempt has been made to reference this phenomenon in region of Bydgoszcz. ⋯ This paper also presented the basic regulations and pays attention to the requirement of greater engagement of the whole society. A restrictive system of child protection can contribute to a significant decrease in the scale of this phenomenon. Scandinavian countries can be used as an example of such an approach.
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Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol · Apr 2004
Case Reports[Positional asphyxia as a cause of death in a traffic accident with the driver--in the "upside-down car position"].
We demonstrate a case of positional asphyxia of the car with the driver in the upside-down position following a traffic accident. The discussion shows the confirmity of this type of death mechanism with the facts estimated during the investigation of the place of the accident and autopsy.
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Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol · Apr 2004
[Regulations of the ethical evaluation system of scientific and clinical research in connection with Poland joining the European Union].
The author has discussed the procedures of the Bioethical Commission of a biomedical research assessment and clinical trials based on analysis of the directives of the European Commission. Particularly criticized was the omission of the role of local committees in the case of the multi-center studies. Also underlined was a necessity to inform the examined persons, in a wider and more understandable fashion, about an essence of the examination and the expected level of risk.