In order to meet the needs of rapid development in communication of forensic medicine with foreign countries and the teaching of this course in English， China's first textbook of forensic medicine in English is compiled by 11 specialists in 8 universities of China， which includes the main contents of egery branch of forensic medicine. This textbook， being a teaching material， emphasizes "basic theory， elementary knowledge and essential skills" and strives to be brief and concise （words with pictures）， which， with 186 figures， can be used by undergraduates， postgraduates， foreign students in China and young forensic teachers for teaching and self-study.

Chapter 1 Introduction

Part 1 A Brief Introduction to Forensic Medicine

Part 2 Different Subjects of Forensic Medicine

Part 3 The Contents of Medicolegal Work

Part 4 Medicolegal Expertise and Medicolegal Expert

Part 5 Medicolegal Report

Chapter 2 Death, Postmortem Changes and Estimation of Postmortem Interval

Part 1 Death

Part 2 Postmortem Changes

Part 3 Estimation of Postmortem Interval

Chapter 3 Mechanical Injury

Part 1 General Introduction

Part 2 Basic Types of Mechanical Injury

Part 3 Blunt Instrument Injury

Part 4 Sharp Instrument Injury

Part 5 Firearm and Explosive Injuries

Part 6 Craniocerebral Injury

Part 7 Other Regional Injuries

Part 8 Traffic Injury

Part 9 Injury due to Falling from Height

Part 10 Expertise of Mechanical Injury

Chapter 4 Asphyxia

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 Different Types of Asphyxia

Part 3 Expertise of Forensic Medicine

Chapter 5 Drowning

Part 1 General Introduction

Part 2 Findings to a Drowning Death

Part 3 Laboratory Tests

Part 4 Medicolegal Expertise

Chapter 6 Thermal and Electrical Injury

Part 1 Burn and Death from Burn

Part 2 Hypothermia

Part 3 Electrical Injury

Part 4 Lightning Stroke

Chapter 7 Sudden Unexpected Natural Death

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 Sudden Death from Cardiovascular Disease

Part 3 Sudden Death of the Disease of the Central Nervous System

Part 4 Sudden Death from the Disease of Respiratory System

Part 5 Sudden Death from the Disease of Digestive System

Part 6 Sudden Death due to Disease of the Urinary or Reproductive System

Part 7 Sudden Death Caused by Endocrine System Disease

Part 8 Sudden Death from Immune System Disease

Part 9 Sudden Death due to Other Diseases

Chapter 8 Relationship between Injury and Disease

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 Death Caused Solely by Injury

Part 3 Death Caused Solely by Disease

Part 4 Main Cause of Death Is Injury but Disease Is a Subsidiary Factor

Part 5 Main Cause of Death Is Disease but Injury Is the Auxiliary Factor

Part 6 Method, Procedure and Considerations during Autopsy and Expertise

Chapter 9 Forensic Toxicology

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 The Common Toxicant Poisoning

Part 3 Forensic Identification of Poisoning Case

Chapter 10 Medicolegal Autopsy

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 Corpse Examination on the Scene

Part 3 Corpse Surface Examination

Part 4 Medicolegal Autopsy

Part 5 Taking of Samples and Conservation of the Evidence

Part 6 Autopsy report and cases

Chapter 11 Child Abuse and Child Homicide

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 Types of Child Abuse Medical Findings

Chapter 12 Clinical Forensic Medicine

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 Identification of Injury Degrees

Part 3 Identification of Labor Capacity

Part 4 Identification for Malingering, Artificial Injury and Abuse

Chapter 13 Forensic DNA Typing

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 Genetic Marker

Part 3 The Structure and Properties of DNA

Part 4 DNA Polymorphisms

Part 5 DNA Length Polymorphism Typing

Part 6 DNA Sequence Polymorphism Typing

Part 7 The Power of Genetic Marker in Forensic Identification

Part 8 Interpretation of DNA Profiles

Part 9 CODIS and Forensic DNA Database

Chapter 14 Forensic Serology

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 The Probative Significance of Biological Evidence Transfer

Part 3 Sources of Biological Evidence

Part 4 Evidence Collection

Part 5 Storage of Biological Material

Part 6 Evidence Processing, Note Taking, and Report Writing

Part 7 Forensic Serology Testing

Chapter 15 Parentage Testing

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 The Basic Principle of Parentage Testing

Part 3 Paternity Exclusion （Not The Father）

Part 4 Paternity Inclusion （Is The Father）

Chapter 16 Forensic Toxicological Analysis

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 Common Toxicant Analysis

Chapter 17 Medical Tangle and Malpractice

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 Common Types of Medical Malpractice

Part 3 Mediation and Expertise of Medical Tangle and Malpractice

Further reading

Appendix Photos