Archiwum medycyny sa̧dowej i kryminologii
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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.
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Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol · Apr 2004
[Domestic violence towards children in the material of the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Medical Academy in Bydgoszcz].
The aim of the paper was to analyze the phenomenon of domestic violence towards children. The paper was based on the results of forensic and medical investigations carried out at the Department of Forensic Medicine in The Medical Academy in Bydgoszcz between the year 1995 and 2000. ⋯ The perpetrators were more often children's fathers and victims were more often boys over 10. Injuries were found most often in the lower extremities and the heads and rarely in the upper extremities, the trunk and the neck.
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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%.