2023, Number 2
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Rev Mex Med Forense 2023; 8 (2)
Injury mechanics: study of a case
García GI
Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 137-158
PDF size: 421.24 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Introduction. The mechanics of injuries is a medical-forensic procedure that serves to know
how these damages were produced, which is why knowledge of the way in which their study
and integration should be carried out is necessary. Likewise, their understanding is also
important for the clinician, because their participation by correctly applying medical
propaedeutics and semiology when documenting the injuries presented by a hospitalized
victim and/or aggressor, contributes to the result that forensic medical experts can achieve.
in its study since it must be based, in addition to other evidence, on the information obtained
from the medical notes of the clinical file. In this article, a case in which stab wounds were
caused will be studied as a paradigm to know how to build an injury mechanics.
Conclusion. As observed in the case studied, the mechanics of injuries, in addition to helping
to determine how these damages occurred, can also help defense attorneys, prosecutor
attorneys and Judges, have elements to issue their conclusions or verdicts on one person's
intent in inflicting injury on another during an assault.
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