The Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine provides a forum for the rapid publication of topical
articles on legal medicine and all clinical aspects of forensic medicine and related specialities. The Journal carries definitive reviews,
original communications, hypotheses, learning points of important issues, offering critical analysis and scientific appraisal. All submissions
are peer-reviewed by at least two independent reviewers, and the Journal is listed in MEDLINE/Index Medicus.
All aspects of legal
medicine, the coronial system and the medical principles of care and forensic assessment of living individuals, whether adult or child,
in contact with the judicial system are examined and the Journal has a broad international perspective.
Topics covered in the
journal include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following, particularly with relevance to the clinical setting:
forensic
medicine
forensic pathology
forensic science
forensic toxicology
forensic odontology
forensic
anthropology
forensic psychiatry
forensic genetics
death and care in custody
training, forensic nursing
occupational health of police, fitness to interview
death investigation and causes of death
forensic medicine national
systems
human identification
entomology and palynology
taphonomy
mental health
criminology,
profiling
child abuse and neglect
interpersonal violence, assault and injury, personal injury, elder abuse, domestic
violence
sexual assault
suicide, parasuicide and deliberate self-harm
restraint injuries
drug and
alcohol misuse
drink and drug driving
traffic medicine, transportation medicine, refugee and asylum medicine
medical
law, medical ethics
euthanasia and end of life issues
consent
confidentiality
clinical negligence
professional regulation
patients'complaints procedures
medical disciplinary procedures
the coronial system
clinical governance
clinical risk management
clinical performance review procedures
criminal charges arising
from clinical practice such as murder, manslaughter and indecent assault
the sick doctor
the validation, licensing
and certification of doctors
