Legal Medicine 1

Legal Medicine

branch of medicine which deals with the application of medical knowledge to the purposes of law and in the administration of justice.

Medical jurisprudence

branch of law which deals with the knowledge of law applied to medical practice.

Legal Medicine

Based on the principle of coordination between Medicine to Law in administering justice.

Legal Medicine

Paternity case

Medical jurisprudence

Based on the principle of subordination

Medical jurisprudence

concerns with the study of the rights, duties and obligations of a medical practitioner with particular reference to those arising from doctor-patient relationship.

Medical jurisprudence

Negligence

SCOPE

Application of medical and paramedical sciences as demanded by law and administration of justice.

NATURE OF THE STUDY OF LEGAL MED

ability to acquire facts, arrange them and draw a conclusion from facts in the administration of justice.

Medical jurist, Medical examiner, Medicolegal officer, Medicolegal expert

specializes primarily with medico-legal duties, possess sufficient knowledge of pathology, surgery, gynecology, toxicology.