the provision of continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families,

Criminal Law

and communities known as general practitioners.[2] Medical practice properly

A body of rules and statutes that defines conduct prohibited by the government becau
se it threatens and harms public safety and welfareand that establishes punishment t
o be imposed for the commission of such acts.
The noun forensic medicine has one meaning the branch of medicine that
interprets and establishes the medical facts in civil or criminal law cases.
Also called legal medicine or medical jurisprudence.
Medical jurisprudence is a science of applying medical facts to legal
problems. Routine tasks include filling out birth and death certificates,
deciding insurance eligibility, and reporting infectious disease. Perhaps
more significant is medical testimony in court. When merely relating
observations, doctors are ordinary witnesses; interpreting facts based on
medical knowledge makes them expert witnesses, required to present their
opinions without bias toward the side that called them. Conflicts between
medicine and law can occur, usually over medical confidentiality.
Forensic medicine is one of the largest and most important areas of
forensic science. Also called legal medicine or medical jurisprudence, it
applies medical knowledge to criminal and civil law. .
Medical jurisprudence or forensic medicine, the application of medical
science to legal problems. It is typically involved in cases concerning blood
relationship, mental illness, injury, or death resulting from violence. The
synonym of forensic medicine is forensic pathology.
Medical Jurisprudence knowledge of law in relation to the practice of
medicine .
Legal medicine application of medicine to legal case

Forensic medicine
jurisprudence
1 branch of medical science
2.Is a mdedicine applied to law and
Adminitrastion of justice

Medical
branch of law
is law applied

A physician is a professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with

promoting, maintaining or restoring human healththrough the study, diagnosis,

requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic disciplines (such

as anatomy and physiology) underlying diseases and their treatment the science of
medicine and also a decent competencein its applied practice the art or craft of
medicine.
Both the role of the physician and the meaning of the word itself vary around the
world, including a wide variety of qualifications and degrees, but there are some
common elements. For example, medical ethics require that physicians show
consideration, compassion and benevolence for their patients.
Doctor of Medicine - a doctor's degree in medicine
1.
Juris Doctor
The degree awarded to an individual upon the successful completion of law school.
Juris doctor, or doctor of Jurisprudence, commonly abbreviated J.D., is the degree co
mmonly conferred by law schools. It is required inall states except California (which in
cludes an option called law office study) to gain Admission to the
Bar. Gaining admission to the barmeans obtaining a license to practice law in a partic
ular state or in federal court.
Until the 1930s and 1940s, many states did not require a person to have a law school
degree in order to obtain a license to practice law.Most lawyers qualified for a license
by working as an apprentice for an established attorney for a specified period. By the
1950s moststates required a law school degree. State legislatures established this re
quirement to raise the standards of practicing attorneys and torestrict the number of a
ttorneys. The degree offered by most Colleges and
Universities was called a master of laws (L.L.M.) degree. Inthe 1960s, as colleges an
d universities increased the requirements for a law degree, the J.D. replaced the L.L.
M. as the primary degreeawarded by law schools.
The specific requirements for a J.D. vary from school to school. Generally, the require
ments include completing a minimum number ofclass hours each academic period, a
nd taking certain mandatory courses such as contracts, TORTS, Civil
Procedure, and Criminal
Law inthe first year of law school. All states require that students pass a course on Pr
ofessional Responsibility before receiving a J.D. degree

and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. They
may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, or methods
of treatment known as specialist medical practitioners or assume responsibility for

A jurist is a person who is an expert on law.

Legal Medicine - the application of medicine to legal cases

Forensic Medicine - concerns with the application of medical science to
elucidate legal problems
Medical Jurisprudence - denotes knowledge of law in relation to the
practice of medicine
Medical Jurist - A physician who specializes or is involved primarily with
medicolegal duties
DISTINCTION%BETWEEN%AN%ORDINARY%PHYSICIAN%AND
%A%MEDICAL%
JURIST
An! ordinary! physician! sees!an!injury! or! disease! on! the!
point!of!
view! of! treatment,!whole!a!medicoPjurist!sees!injury! or!
disease!
on!the!point!of!view!of!cause.
The! purpose! of!an! ordinary! physician!examining!a!
patient!is! to!
arrive!at!a!definite!diagnosis!so!that!appropriate!treatment!!
can!
be! instituted,! while! the! purpose! of! the! medical! jurist!
in!
examining! a! patient! is! to! include! those! bodily! lesions!
in! his!
report! and! testify! before! the! court! or! before! an!
investigative!
boy;!thus!giving!justice!to!whom!it!is!due.
Minor! or! trivial! injuries! are! USUALLY! ignored! by! an!
ordinary!
clinician! inasmuch! as! they! do! not! require! usual!
treatment.!
Superficial! abrasions,! small! contusion,!and! other!minor!
injuries!
will! heal! without! medication.! However,! a! medical! jurist!
must!
record!all!bodily!injuries!even!if!they!are!small!or!minor!
because

these!injuries!may!be!proofs!to!qualify!the!crime!or!to!
justify!the
act
It! is! the! application! of! medical! and! paramedical!
sciences! as!
demanded!by!law!and!administration!of!justice.!The!
knowledge!
of! the! nature! and! extent! of! wounds! has! been!
acquired! in!
surgery,! abortion! in! gynecology,! sudden! death,! and!
effects! of!
trauma! in! pathology,! etc.! aside! from! having! knowledge!
of! the!
basic!medical! sciences,! like! anatomy,! physiology,!
biochemistry,!
physics,!and!other!allied!sciences.
Strictly!speaking,!LEGAL!MEDICINE!is!primarily!the!
application!of!
medicine!to!legal!cases!while!FORENSIC!MEDICINE!
concerns!with!
the!application!of!medical!science!to!elucidate!legal!
problems.
MEDICAL!JURISPRUDENCE!denotes!knowledge!of!law!in!
relation!
to! the! practice of! medicine. It! concerns! with! the! study!
of! the!
rights,! duties,! and! obligations! of! a! medical! practitioner!
with!
particular! reference! to! those! arising! from!
doctorPpatient!
relationship.
NATURE%OF%THE%STUDY%OF%LEGAL%MEDICINE
A!physician!who!specializes!or!is!involved!primarily!with!
medicoP
legal! duties! is! known! as! MEDICAL! JURIST! (medical!
examiner,!

medicoPlegal!officer,!medico!legal!expert)