RESUMO
The aim of this work is to prove necessity of using the term «newborn¼ as common both in forensic medicine and general medicine (from the moment of birth till 28th day), to show legality of using the term «signs of recent birth¼, to demonstrate the importance of understanding not only the higher border in definition of neonatal period but its initial moment that is necessary to solve some investigative questions and determine legal capacity of people and provide criminal justice defense of citizens' life and health.
Assuntos
Direito Penal , Medicina Legal , HumanosRESUMO
It is shown based on the historical and legal analysis that the designation of the child's status as a newborn infant throughout the period of its neonatal life till violent death "at or immediately after births" is the exclusive prerogative of the law-enforcement authorities. An original approach has been developed and recommended for the introduction into the expert practice. According to this proposal facts and arguments in the "Expert conclusions" should be formulated so as to avoid mentioning the child as newborn and to indicate only the duration of its extrauterine life. Such an approach leaves it to the law-enforcement authorities to decide in each concrete case whether the child should be designated as a newborn infant or not.
Assuntos
Cadáver , Patologia Legal/legislação & jurisprudência , Homicídio/legislação & jurisprudência , Neonatologia/legislação & jurisprudência , Fatores Etários , Patologia Legal/métodos , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Neonatologia/métodos , Federação RussaRESUMO
Morphological manifestations of lethal narcotic poisoning are analyzed on the basis of results presented in "Acts of Medical Examination of Corpse" and "Expert Conclusions" on 352 cases with lethal narcotic poisoning, suspected (with good grounds) poisoning, and combined poisoning with narcotics and other agents. Causes of failure to detect narcotics in forensic chemical analysis of biological material from the corpse are enumerated.