Current Issue December 2009, Vol. 1, No. 1
Proceedings of the 17th International Meeting on Forensic Medicine, Alpe-Adria-Pannonia, Portorož, Slovenia, 07-10 May 2008.
Issue Highlights
- Simulation of hit-and-run road accidents
In the two cases presented here, the injuries were caused accidentally and the motive of the subsequent simulation of a road accident was to divert from previous misconduct.
- Expert examination and assessment of state under the influence of psychoactive substances
Since the accurate assessment of the effects of psychoactive substances present depends on a comprehensive evaluation of toxicological test results, the calculation of results at the time of the event and the results of the medical examination, an unprofessionally performed examination can have far-reaching consequences, primarily legal in nature.
- Occupational workplace and traffic fatalities in Alsace, France (2000–2005): Results of toxicological investigations
In France, the relevance of psychoactive drug intake in occupational deaths is much better targeted in the case of traffic fatalities (due to the existence of specific regulations, e.g. compulsory urinalysis for drugs of abuse in drivers involved in a road accident) than in those occurred at workplace (no specific regulations).
