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Case Studies in Forensic Epidemiology

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Authors:
  1. Sana Loue

    1. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

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  • Provides a methodology for perceiving the world and relating to the communities whose health and disease patterns need to be understood

  • Focuses on the use of the epidemiology in the legal context, using case studies to illustrate the issues raised

  • Challenges the boundaries about what epidemiology is and how it is to be used to make a contribution to the groups it studies

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Epidemiology in the Courtroom

    Pages 1-45

  3. Case Study One

    Pages 47-61

  4. Case Study Two

    Pages 63-80

  5. Epidemiology, Legislation, and Rulemaking

    Pages 81-96

  6. Case Study Three

    Pages 97-104

  7. Case Study Four

    Pages 105-113

  8. Law, Epidemiology, and Community Organization and Advocacy

    Pages 115-128

  9. Case Study Five

    Pages 129-138

  10. Case Study Six

    Pages 139-152

  11. Epidemiology, Law, and Social Context

    Pages 153-166

  12. Case Study Seven

    Pages 167-181

  13. Case Study Eight

    Pages 183-197

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 199-203
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About this book

Epidemiology has often been defined as the study of the distribution of disease, together with the distribution of factors that may modify that risk of disease. As such, epidemiology has often been reduced to a methodology only, providing a mechanism for the study of disease that is somehow removed, separate and apart from the populations that serve as its focus. Epidemiology, however, is much more than that. The discipline p- vides a way of perceiving and knowing the world, and of relating to the c- munities whose health and disease patterns we are trying to understand. As such, its usefulness extends past the construction of questionnaires, the detective work inherent in tracing the source of an infection or the analysis of data. Rather, epidemiology serves as a point of reference and a linkage between various domains of reality: in the courtroom, between a com- nity’s injuries and those alleged to be responsible for those violations; between the community striving to effectuate changes to improve its health and environment and the lawmakers and policymakers whose actions may dictate or control the likelihood of that change; and between “mainstream” populations and those who become or remain marginalized and stigmatized due to disease or perceived disease.

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... "an important and valuable contribution to the literature in the field. It is an interesting, well organized, and easy to read book that continues Dr. Loue’s good work in bridging the gap between the scientific and legal communities. It is recommended for forensic epidemiologists, whichever career path ... they may pursue, as well as for attorneys whose work calls them to interact with these scientists. Physicians who are often subpoenaed to testify in a court of law, attorneys involved in various kinds of medical-legal litigation, and those thinking of entering the interesting and intellectually challenging field of forensic epidemiology will especially find this a useful reference book."
(Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D., F.C.L.M and Steven A Koehler, M.P.H., Ph.D. (The Journal of Legal Medicine, 24)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

    Sana Loue

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Case Studies in Forensic Epidemiology

  • Authors: Sana Loue

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b112213

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46792-9Published: 31 July 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-8714-6Published: 24 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-47524-5Published: 08 May 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 203

  • Topics: Epidemiology, Public Health, Medical Law

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