FORENSIC MEDICINE
cod. 00701

Academic year 2008/09
5° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Medicina legale (MED/43)
Field
Formazione interdisciplinare
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

The student must acquire the information needed to evaluate his/her professional activity from a legal and ethical standpoint, with specific reference to ramifications within a penal, civil and national health service context, and to be able to recognize the principal aspects of forensic pathology.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

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Forensic medicine as a branch of medicine: tasks and functions of forensic medicine Legal medicine and forensic medicine. <br />
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Medical-legal methodology in dentistry, evaluation of data and diagnosis in forensic medicine, causality report analysis, forensic medicine opinion and its relevance <br />
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Forensic medicine: technical consultation and examination <br />
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Professional secrecy and privacy legislation <br />
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Medical activity documentation: health certificate and medical record <br />
# Mandatory reporting <br />
# Reporting to judicial authorities <br />
# Forensic thanatology: verification of <br />
# Forensic thanatology: verification of death and thanatochronology <br />
# Material and psychological element of crime, imputability and its juridical and biological bases <br />
# Capital crimes and individual safety <br />
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Sex crimes <br />
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Evaluation of capacity in civil law: disablement, disqualification and providing support, state of natural disability <br />
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Conditions for dental practice <br />
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Professional field of activity and responsibility in dentistry <br />
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Juridical qualification of dentists in terms of the penal code; right to health <br />
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Right to health <br />
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Medical ethics and bioethics <br />
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Doctor-patient relationship <br />
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Consent to dental treatment and mandatory healthcare <br />
# Professional responsibility of dentists <br />
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Compensation for damages to the person for a tort in the dental sphere <br />
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Biological damage <br />
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Social Protection system: Social benefits and insurance <br />
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Private insurance <br />
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Forensic traumatology. 

Full programme

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Bibliography

CANUTO-TOVO: Medicina legale e delle assicurazioni - Ed. Piccin, Padova, latest ed;. <br />
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PUCCINI: PUCCINI, Istituzioni di medicina legale - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano, latest ed. <br />
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MACCHIARELLI-ARBARELLO-CAVE BONDI-DI LUCA-FEOLA: Compendio di Medicina Legale - Ed. Minerva Medica, Torino

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures, group work <br />
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Oral test

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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