links

There are hundreds of sites dedicated to forensic medicine and forensic science on the web, but I have selected those that are the most relevant to medical students wanting an overview of the subject. Please note that these are external links, and their inclusion here does not mean that I endorse their contents at all times - I have no control over their content, and they may change without my knowledge.

Accident Investigation

NTSB Aviation Accident-Incident Database (http://nasdac.faa.gov/asp/fw_ntsb.asp)

NTSB_Accident_abstracts (www.rpi.edu/dept/union/raf/public/NTSB_Accident_abstracts)

Anatomy

Gross Anatomy online (www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/GA.html)

Global Anatomy Home Page (www.anatomy.wisc.edu/)

Anatomy for beginners - website for UK Channel 4 series starring Gunter Von Hagens (of BodyWorlds/ plastination fame) (www.channel4.com/science/microsites/A/anatomy/)

Anatomia - interactive and innovative digital presentations of some anatomical structures, including the larynx (http://www.bmc.med.utoronto.ca/anatomia/intro.swf)

e-Anatomy - interactive atlas with whole body cross sectional imaging (www.e-anatomy.org/)

Anatomy (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy)

Autopsy

NLM Visible Proofs Exhibition website - autopsy resources, medical examiners at work

HBO Autopsy - American network HBOs popular 'Autopsy' programme website, with forensic science 'timeline' and interactive autopsy resources. (www.hbo.com/autopsy/index.html)

Autopsy (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopsy)

Virtual autopsy 2 - (www.le.ac.uk/pa/teach/va2/titlpag1.html) guess the cause of death

Bioterrorism/ Emergency Preparedness

	America Responds to Bioterrorism - www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Usgresponse.shtml
	FEMA Community emergency response teams - http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/cert/index.htm
	Defence against toxin weapons - www.nbc-med.org/SiteContent/MedRef/OnlineRef/FieldManuals/datw/index.htm
	Bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases - www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/bio_links.htm
	Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) - www.dmort.org
	Classification of death and injury resulting from terrorist activities - www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/icd9/terrorism_code.htm

Cardiovascular Pathology

British Heart Foundation (www.bhf.org.uk)

Cardiomyopathy Association (www.cardiomyopathy.org) - support group for patients with cardiomyopathies

American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org)

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (www.asnc.org) - resources for nuclear cardiology

American Society for Echocardiography (www.asecho.org)

Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (www.scmr.org)

mmtMedical.com - produce excellent CDRoms on cardiac physiology and anaesthetic problems/ critical incidents (www.mmtMedical.com)

Clinical Guidelines/ Evidence Based Medicine

NELH (www.nelh.nhs.uk/diagnosis.asp)

Clinical Evidence (www.nelh.nhs.uk/clinical_evidence.asp)

NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) (www.nice.org.uk)

The Cochrane Library (www.nelh.nhs.uk/cochrane.asp)

Effective Healthcare Bulletin (www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/ehcb.htm)

Bandolier (www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier)

TRIP (www.tripdatabase.com)

SIGN (www.sign.ac.uk)

National Guidelines Clearing House (www.guideline.gov/index.asp)

PRODIGY (www.prodigy.nhs.uk)

New Zealand Guidelines Group (www.nzgg.org.nz)

Canadian Medical Association (http://mdm.ca/cpgsnew/cpgs/index.asp)

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (www.icsi.org)

The National Electronic Library for Screening (www.nelh.nhs.uk/screening)

The National Service Frameworks (www.doh.gov.uk.nsf)

NHS Direct (www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk) - official NHS website

Clinical Forensic Medicine

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine (www.harcourt-international.com/journals/jcfm/default.cfm?jhome.html)- excellent journal, with a free search facility of past articles.

Sexual Assault Information Page (www.cs.utk.edu/~bartley/salnfoPage.html)

Association of Forensic Physicians (www.apsweb.org.uk)

Royal Society of Medicine - Meetings of Clinical Forensic & Legal Medicine Group (www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/smtcf_l.htm)

Criminology

The British Society of Criminology (www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ss/bsc/homepage/HOMEPAGE.HTM)

American Society of Criminology (www.bsos.umd.edu/asc/four.html)

Cytopathology

Cytopathnet - general cytopathology resources including albums of photographs (gynae and non-gynae cases) (www.cytopathnet.org)

Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology - photos of the influential original cytopathologist (www.papsociety.org)

Death Investigation

Death (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death)

Causes of death by rate (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_causes_of_death_by_rate)

Death Investigation in the United States and Canada (www.cdc.gov/nceh/programs/mec/medir/1998/manmain.htm)

Crime Scene Investigation (www.police.ucr.edu/csi.html)

Crime scene.com (www.crimescene.com) - more crime scene simulations to work through

Crime and Clues (www.crimeandclues.com/)- Crime scene investigation resources

Dermatology

THE GUIDE OF DERMATOLOGY INTERNET SITES (www.dermatonet.com/defaulte.htm)

Derm Atlas - excellent image based atlas (http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/)

Dermoscopy - skin surface microscopy (http://www.dermoscopy.org/)

DNA

Forensic DNA website (www.dnalwyr.com/)

Forensic Applications of Genetics and DNA (www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/DNA_Forensics.htm)- some excellent notes on DNA from the Memorial University of Newfoundland Biology Department.

Forensic Applications of Genetics & DNA (www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/DNA_Forensics.htm)

DNA (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dna)

Genetic fingerprinting (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_fingerprinting)

PCR (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCR)

Firearms

NLM Visible Proofs Exhibition Website - Ragsdale gunshot experiments

Firearms Tactical.com

(http://www.firearmstactical.com/wound.htm)

National Rifle Association

(http://www.nra.org)

Firearms Identification (www.firearmsid.com/)- an excellent resource, with tutorials and case studies on the identification of bullets and casings etc

Forensic Anthropology/ Archeology

NLM Visible Proofs Exhibition Website - Clyde Snow 'bearing witness'

Forensic Anthropology (http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/forensics/)

Forensic Anthropology Center - The University of Tennessee Knoxville (http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/index.htm)- home of the 'Body Farm' (Bill Bass' Studies of the Dead Molded Forensic Anthropology and The Body Farmer Continued is an article from Discover Archeology describing the facilites at the Body Farm, and highlight the work of Bill Bass)

Forensic anthro.com (http://www.forensicanthro.com/)

Forensic Archaeology (http://archaeology.about.com/science/archaeology/msubforensic.htm?terms=forensic)

Forensic Entomology

Forensic Entomology (www.uio.no/~mostarke/forens_ent/forensic_entomology.html)- a great site descibing this fascinating subject. Unfortunately there are no pictures.

Forensic Mathematics

Forensic Mathematics (http://dna-view.com)

Forensic Medicine

Anil Aggrawal's Popular Forensic Medicine Page - (www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/williamson/235) a fantastic set of websites all linked together by this extremely enthusiastic Professor of Forensic Medicine, including the first online 'Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology'. These sites are definitely worth a viewing, and the Internet Journal contains some excellent articles and book reviews.

Forensic Pathology (www.science.murdoch.edu.au/teaching/m235/forensicpath.htm)

Forensics (photos) (www.stl-online.net/thc/med/forensic/index.htm)

Forensic Evidence.com (www.forensic-evidence.com)

Reddy's Forensic Home Page - (www.forensicpage.com/) a great find - there are on-line course materials for every conceivable branch of forensic science/ medicine, including 'forensic law', which is fully referenced. However, it is an American based site, so readers from outside the states should take this into account when attempting to apply the same rules to the UK law! There are also some useful links to sites for ethics in forensic science. (http://haven.ios.com/~nyrc/new11.htm)

International Journal of Legal Medicine (http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/journals/00414/)

Iowa State Medical Examiner Newsletter (www.state.ia.us/government/dps/sme/nwslt.htm)

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology (www.amjforensicmedicine.com/)- this is a superb journal, which unfortunately is not subscribed to by many medical school libraries. The site does not have a full text service, but contains a useful 'lists of articles' service, which you can search and then order copies of the articles through your library.

British Academy in Forensic Medicine (www.shef.ac.uk/~bafm/BAFM1.html)

The Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (www.vifp.monash.edu.au)

American College of Forensic Examiners (www.acfe.com)- Limited number of articles online, from the Forensic Examiner journal.

National Association of Medical Examiners (www.thename.org/)- a US site that will eventually contain images, but is currently under construction.

Indian Academy of Forensic Examiners (www.fortunecity.com/campus/electrical/314/iafm.html)

United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) (www.uscap.org/awardees.htm)

Washington Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners - WACME (www.wacme.org/)

University of Glasgow (www.gla.ac.uk/Acad/ForMed)- Department of Forensic Pathology and Clinical Forensic Medicine. This site provides an introduction to the work of this department headed by Prof. Peter Vanezis, with details of their research interests etc.

Forensic Pathology - University of Sheffield Department of Forensic Pathology (www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/D-H/fp)- similar to the Glasgow site.

University of Dundee - Forensic Medicine Department (www.dundee.ac.uk/forensicmedicine)- includes some excellent course notes from the degree course and SSM s on offer.

John F Kennedy assaniation medical resources (http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/medical.htm)

Forensic Medicine Research

Forensic Radio broadcasts

	Columbia Recovery: Forensics Reported by Eric Niiler. All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 3 February 2003. National Public Radio correspondent Eric Niiler details the process of identifying the remains of the seven astronauts aboard the Columbia space shuttle. Topics include the techniques NASA used to identify the bodies such as dental records, blood type, fingerprints and, DNA.
	Crime Labs Reported by Larry Abramson. Morning Edition, National Public Radio, 15 May 2003. In this episode of Morning Edition, National Public Radio correspondent Larry Abramson discusses the need for forensic professionals in crime laboratories across the country, despite advancements in DNA examining technology.
	CSI in the Classroom Reported by Cathy Duchamp. Morning Edition, National Public Radio, 26 December 2002. Cathy Duchamp from National Public Radio member station KUOW reports on a 25-year-old science teacher's efforts to pique her students' interest in forensic science with television shows.
	Fingerprints Hosted by Robert Siegel with guest Colin Beavan. All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 9 May 2001. This broadcast features Colin Beavan, whose book, Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case that Launched Forensic Science highlights the rise of fingerprinting to solve crimes in the late 19th century. In the broadcast, Beavan talks about the early trailblazers in fingerprint detection.
	Fingerprints Hosted by Madeleine Brand with guest David Kestenbaum. All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 27 October 2002. Host Madeleine Brand talks to National Public Radio science correspondent David Kestenbaum about forensic evidence that may have been overlooked in the Washington-area sniper case.
	Forensic Animation Hosted by Ira Flatow with guests Andre Stewart et al. Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, 26 July 2002. This broadcast of Talk of the Nation discusses the medicolegal purposes and artistic merits of forensic animation.
	Forensic Basics Reported by Christopher Joyce. All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 14 September 2001. In this episode of All Things Considered , National Public Radio correspondent Christopher Joyce explains how medical examiners at crash sites at the Pentagon, in Pennsylvania, and in New York approached the grim task of matching body parts to determine the identities of 9/11 victims.
	The forensics of working at Ground Zero
	Forensic Science Hosted by Ira Flatow with guests Mary Case and Jay Siegal. Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, 4 April 1997. This episode of Talk of the Nation highlights the evolution of criminal investigation.
	Forensic Science Hosted by Ira Flatow with guest Henry Lee. Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, 7 July 2000. World-renowned forensics expert Dr. Henry Lee discusses forensic science in this episode of Talk of the Nation. Topics include the latest clue-finding methods, forensic anthropology, and forensic entomology.
	Forensics Hosted by Ira Flatow with guest Max Houck. Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, 11 April 2003. Host Ira Flatow talks with Max Houck, projects director of West Virginia University's Forensic Science Initiative, about the role of forensic scientists in the Iraq War.
	How Police and Scientists Solve Crimes Hosted by Lynn Neary. Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, October 23, 2002. In response to television shows that glamorize the forensic science professions, Talk of the Nation guest host Lynn Neary demystifies the field of forensics and provides a realistic look at the careers of scientists who solve crimes.
	Science and History of Fingerprints/Stem Cell Update Hosted by Ira Flatow with guests Colin Beavan, Simon Cole, and Joe Palca. Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, 17 August 2001. This episode of Talk of the Nation looks at the history and science of fingerprinting. The broadcast also includes an update on stem cells.
	Science of Forensics Hosted by Ira Flatow with guests Michael Baden, Herbert MacDonnell, and Jessica Snyder Sachs. Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, 7 September 2001. This installment of Talk of the Nation explores the processes that forensic scientists use to identify causes of death, victims, and perpetrators of murder cases.
	Exhibit Depicts Theatrical Side of Forensic Science Reported by Christopher Joyce. Weekend Edition, National Public Radio, 25 March 2006. Christopher Joyce reports on the Visible Proofs exhibition and the history of forensics. There are also links to other related NPR stories.

Homicide (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide)

Suicide (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide)

Forensic Medicine Archives Project Glasgow University Archive Services

Forensicnetbase (CRC Press) - online access to the extensive CRC Press forensic titles, but subscription based (www.forensicnetbase.com/)

National Library of Medicine - fantastic US library resource

Scholar at Google - US bias but still pretty good (scholar.google.com)

Desktop searching - Copernic Desktop Search (free software) (www.copernic.com)

BBC Panorama sub-site - this is a gem of a site! It contains transcripts for all recent Panorama shows, many of which are crime/ forensic science related, or simply medically related (and of course very topical). The site also contains in-depth resources on particular stories such as Dr. Harold Shipman, with downloadable video clips and audio files from news broadcasts etc. You will need RealPlayer (downloadable free from the RealPlayer Home Page ) to view these.

At the moment, the following Panorama episodes will be of interest,

	Guns, Knives and children (screened 31/7/05)
	In-Depth Section on Dr. Harold Shipman, with news video clips, taped interviews and transcripts, as well as medico-legal commentary. Also the Panorama episode -'Dr. Shipman - The Man who Played God', screened on the day of his conviction, 31/2/00)
	'The Whole Truth', Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four, speaks out about the growing number of innocent people wrongly accused of serious crimes, and how changes in the law of disclosure may make matters worse (screened on 6/3/00)
	'Stolen Hearts', an investigation into Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool, where organs of 850 children were kept in pots on laboratory shelves for years (screened on 21/2/00)
	'Sick and Tired', an investigation into the psychiatric approach to the treatment of children with the disabling illness of chronic fatigue syndrome (screened on 8/11/99)
	'Cops on Drugs', a 3 year study into what the police really think about drug laws (screened on 15/11/99)
	'Private Risks', about private health care and private hospitals (screened on 20/9/99)
	'Carry on Dr. Neale', an investigation into Dr. Richard Neale, a British gnaecologist, accused of professional incompetence (screened on 1/3/99)
	'Every Parent's Nightmare', investigation into the upsurge of meningitis in the UK (screened 22/2/99)
	'In Stephen's Name', the Metropolitan Police Force's committment to tackling racist crime (screened 11/1/99)

All transcripts from these episodes, and more, are available from the 'Previous Programmes' section.

BBC Online for news, views and all your T.V. related requirements ...

www.eMedicine.com

Google News - provides repackaged news items (news.google.co.uk)

Medline (http://biomed.niss.ac.uk/ovidweb/ovidweb.cgi)- an easy link to the most useful database you are likely to need at medical school ...

Science Direct.com - search Elsevier journals and more, including Forensic Science International, Current Diagnostic Pathology and the Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine. Login required (includes Athens login). (www.sciencedirect.com)

Forensic Odontology

Forensic Odontology (www.abfo.org)

British Association for Forensic Odontology (http://www.bafo.org.uk/)

Forensic Dentistry Online (http://www.forensicdentistryonline.com/) - fantastic site with sections on bitemarks and human identification

Forensic Psychiatry

Forensic Psychiatrist.com (www.forensic-psychiatrist.com)- an American site which descibes the role of the forensic psychiatrist in a variety of settings and situations. Beware that the legislation referred to is not compatible with the legal system in the UK, and so you should use it for general principles only. Refer to a textbook written by a UK practicing psychiatrist for specific legal details (eg Professor Gunn's book, 'Forensic Psychiatry' - see Books section of this site for further details).

CyberPsychLink - Psychology & Medicine Online Resources (http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/dmartin/psych2.html)

Forensic Psychology Journals and Articles (http://psychology.about.com/science/psychology/msub_lawjour.htm?terms=forensic) - provided by about.com (a new kind of encyclopaedia)

Royal College of Psychiatrists (www.rcpsych.ac.uk)

Forensic Science

FSS - Forensic Science Service online (www.forensic.gov.uk/forensic/entry.htm)- The UK Forensic Science Service website - contains up-to-date careers information and outlines forensic sciences courses available in the UK

Forensic Science Educational Resource Homepage (http://users.erols.com/lebeau/index.htm)- forensic science courses worldwide

Forensicportal.co.uk - (www.forensicportal.co.uk) a new site providing careers advice in forensic science, with great graphics, and some useful links.

Carpenter's Forensic Science Resources (www.tncrimlaw.com/forensic/)

The FBI - US Justice Department FBI site (www.fbi.gov/), contains a wealth of information about investigating a crime scene, including 2 documents that can be downloaded as PDF files (for which you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader ).

The site includes the Forensic Services handbook, which details evidence submission, and a recent report on how to investigate crime scenes. This is definitely worth a read!

Forensic Science Web Page. (http://users.aol.com/murrk/index.htm)

Forensics and Other Evidence - Crime and Punishment Net Links (http://crime.about.com/newsissues/crime/msub3.htm)

Forensic Science Review (www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/2044/)

Forensic Science International -(www.elsevier.nl/locate/contentsdirect) Unfortunately only tables of contents are available online

Forensic Evidence.com (www.forensic-evidence.com/)- online journal, with limited articles on evidence

Scientific Testimony - An Online Journal (www.scientific.org/)- includes online tutorials in evidence collection, DNA testing and GC/MS analysis

Medico-legal Update (www.angelfire.com/ak/medicolegalupdate/index.html)

CRC Press ForensicnetBase (www.forensicnetbase.com/)- subscriber resources from CRC Press (www.crcnetbase.com/) allowing access to their forensic catalogue

Forensic Science Society (www.forensic-science-society.org.uk/) this site gives information about careers in forensic science (not medicine), and details training courses in the UK. It also provides a decent search engine, and lists contents of it's Journal - 'Science and Justice'.

American Academy of Forensic Sciences (www.aafs.org/)- impressive organisation links for every possible forensic subject. Contains a searchable index of it's journal, the Journal of Forensic Sciences (1981-present)

The New Jersey Association of Forensic Scientists (www.njafs.org/)

Elsevier 'Encyclopedia of Forensic Science' online - via ScienceDirect.com - (www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/0122272153)

Human Rights

Amnesty International - (www.amnesty.org/)

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - OHCHR - (www.unhchr.ch/)

Imaging

Kodak Professional The Digital Camera as Forensic Tool - (www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/hub/law/case/tool.shtml) a useful guide to the admissibility of digital images in court cases.

Forensic Imaging (www.forensicimaging.com) - a private organisation website, but with useful information on the use of imaging techniques in forensics

Images for trial exhibits (www.lido.com/)- private company offering quality images for use in court cases

Evidential Art.Co.Uk (www.evidential-art.co.uk/drawings.html)

Digital imaging in pathology - resources developed by Dr Tadros during PhD research - (www.bialith.com)

Coolscope from Nikon (www.coolscope.com)

Scanscope (www.scanscope.com/scanscope)

Virtual Slidebox (www.path.uiowa.edu/virtualslidebox/

eslide (www.telemed.uniud.it/eslides/)

Web Atlas of Breast Pathology (www.webmicroscope.net/breastatlas)

Picture editing software - 'Picasa' (digital photo-cataloguing offered free by Google.com) (www.picasa.com)

Immunohistochemistry

Paul Bishop's vade macum - excellent immuno resource, with downloadable 'vade macum' for ease of access on your desktop.

Immunohistochemistry Home Page

Abcam - Antibodies & Reagents, find any antibody

Legal

Court Cases . Net (www.courtcases.net)

Kruglick's Forensic Resource and Criminal Law Search site (www.kruglaw.com)

The Law Society (www.lawsociety.org.uk)

Legal Resources for Lawyers A to Z (www.venables.co.uk/sites.htm)

ExpertSearch.co.uk - UK Experts Email Directory (www.expertsearch.co.uk/experts_webie.html)

Court Service (www.courtservice.gov.uk)

Casetrack - the essential source for full-text judgments (www.casetrack.com/index.html)

Electronics Communications Act 2000 (www.hmso.gov.uk/acts2000/20000007/htm)

Crown Prosecution Service (www.cps.gov.uk/)

Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) (www.ccrc.gov.uk)

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) (www.usdoj/dea/)

Federal Bureau of Investigation (wwwfbi.gov/)

The Home Office (www.homeoffice.gov.uk) UK Central Government Department

Office for National Statistics (www.ons.gov.uk/)

Police Federation of England and Wales (www.polfed.org.uk/)

U.S. Department of Justice (www.usdoj.gov)

The Medico-Legal Society (www.medico-legalsociety.org.uk/)

California State Coroners' Association (www.coroners.org)

Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners (www.crfp.org.uk)- recently set up, this body will eventually represent all personnel operating as forensic practitioners, ranging from scenes of crime officers, fingerprint experts, to forensic physicians, pathologists and psychiatrists.

The Expert Witness Institute (www.ewi.org.uk)

Medicine Journals

www.sciencedirect.com - an excellent service provided by Elsevier, including access to numerous online journals - such as Forensic Science International and Current Diagnostic Pathology. The content is free, but registration is required first.

New England Journal of Medicine (www.nejm.org/content/index.asp)

Student British Medical Journal (www.studentbmj.com/)

eBMJ - electronic BMJ ( British Medical Journal ) (www.bmj.com/)

The Lancet Interactive (www.thelancet.com/)

What the Doctors Don't Tell You (www.wtddty.co.uk)- for an alternative view of the wonders of medicine - the magazine contains some useful references for including in essays.

Net Doctor - Computeractive magazine thinks that this is the best UK medical advice site. Of most use is the search facility.

Surgery Door - Dr. Mark Porter's site (you know the guy on Watchdog Healthcheck). Not a bad effort at all. Useful patient based information in lay-language.

Consumer Health Information Centre - run by the medical editor of Men's Health magazine (Dr. Ian Banks), this site contains useful info about men's health issues.

Patient - basic site run by 2 GPs from Newcastle.

Cyber-Hospital - fairly new site with some good content

Medical Law and Ethics

Guy's King's and St. Thomas's Medical Ethics Society (wwwmedethics.org)- new website from this student group based at Guy's and St. Thomas's medical school in London, UK. This group, in association with the Royal Society of Medicine Student group have been active in organising ethical debates in the Capital. Look out for national debates in the future.

King's College London Centre of Medical Law and Ethics (www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/cmle/)

Commission for Health Improvement - (www.chi.nhs.uk)

National Patient Safety Agency - (www.npsa.org.uk)

National Clinical Assessment Authority - (wwwncaa.nhs.uk)

King's College, London Coroner's Law Resource - (www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/coroners/contents.html)

Medical Student Links

Wikipedia Portals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal%3AList_of_portals)

Medicine Portal (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal%3AMedicine)

Molecular and cellular biology portal (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal%3AMolecular_and_Cellular_Biology)

Biology portal (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal%3ABiology)

General Medical Council 'Undergraduate medical education in the UK'. (www.gmc-uk.org/med_ed/default.htm)

MedSurfer - Surfing Guide for Healthcare Professionals & Consumers-Online Books (www.medsurfer.com/books.htm)

Medical Books, Dental and Nursing Books @ DiscountMedBooks.com. (http://discountmedbooks.com/)

Medical Student - MedicalStudent.com A digital library of authoritative medical information for all students of medicine (www.medicalstudent.com/)

Student Doctor.com (www.StudentDoctor.com)

StudentDoctor Network (www.studentdoctor.net/guide/medstudent/specialities/forensicpathology.html)- forensic pathology discussion group

Medstudents - general site for medical students

Virgin Student.com - new site from Mr. Branson

Neuroanatomy/ Neuropathology

Neuroanatomy & Neuropathology on the Internet - (www.neuropat.dote.hu/)a useful site with links (from Hungary)

Neuroanatomy (http://neuroscience.about.com/science/neuroscience/msubAnat.htm)- a list of links provided by this interesting new search tool

The W.U.S.M. Neuroscience Tutorial (http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/)- the best on the web by a long-shot!

Neuroscience (Wikipedia Portal) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal%3ANeuroscience)

Head injury (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_injury)

Skull fracture (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_fracture)

Medico-legal aspects of paediatric pathology

University of Toronto/ Hospital for Sick Children - excellent website on child physiology and anatomy (http://www.sickkids.ca/childphysiology/)

Shaken baby syndrome (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaken_baby_syndrome)

Child abuse (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse)

Abuse (Wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse)

BBC 'Real Story' programme on shaken baby syndrome (with exerpts from the programme) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/real_story/3566127.stm)

Expert Digital.com - Company specialising in courtroom presentations and digital effect (who produced an animated sequence for the BBC programme on the suggested mechanism of trauma in shaken baby sysndrome (http://www.expertdigital.com/)

SIDS Network (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) - (http://sids-network.org/)interesting site by this single-issue interest/ pressure group.

National Centre on Shaken Baby Syndrome (www.dontshake.com)

Paediatric critical care medicine (http://medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html)

E-medicine (www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic238.htm)

American Academy of Paediatrics (www.aap.org/policy/re0036.html)

SBS Resource (www.sbs-resource.org)

Royal Society of Medicine (www.rsm.ac.uk/shakenbaby2002/)

Child Abuse Prevention Network (http://child-abuse.com)

Radiology (www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pemxray/v4c02.html)

Radiology 2 (www.srs.org.sg/2002/ASM/11th_ASM/ASM/2_feb_saturday/Refresher_Course_1/Peter_Strouse/strouse.html)

CARE Network (http://rad.usuhs.mil/rad/home/peds/pedindex.html)

Neurosurgery on call (www.neurosurgery.org/pubpages/phyres/chat_shaken.html)

Head Injury - Abuse or Accident? (www.webweaversdesigns.com/kierra2/head_injury_abuse_or_accident.htm)

Neurosurgery paper (www.neurosurgery.org/focus/oct99/7-4-4.html)

Darkness2light (www.darkness2light.org/homepage.html)

Doctors for sexual abuse care (www.dsac.org.nzhttp://www.canee.net/?article_id=69)

History of Child Abuse: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (www.crimeandclues.com/91dec004.htm)

Pathology Resources

Pathnet.org.uk - site aimed at UK Senior House Officers in pathology, containing case studies and discussion board. (www.pathnet.org.uk)

The Pathology Guy The Pathology Guy (http://www.pathguy.com)

Slice of Life ( www-medlib.med.utah.edu/sol/)

United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology 'Educational materials' (www.uscap.org) - find the USCAP bulletin on the right hand side of the home page, and scroll down to 'educational materials'. These resources are very good, although they are not at all comprehensive!

Pathweb, University of Conneticut's Virtual Pathology Museum (http://155.37.1.60/)

St. Bartholemw's Hospital Histopathology Deaprtment (www.telepathology.qmul.ac.uk)

PathMax (www.pathmax.com/)

WebPath The Internet Pathology Laboratory (www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html)

Kruglick's Forensic Medicine & Pathology Links (www.kruglaw.com/f_med_path.htm)

Ed's Basic Histology Gallery (www.pathguy.com/histo/000.htm)

Pathology Encyclopaedia (http://library.thinkquest.org/17049/gather/cgi-bin/documen_get.cgi?path=/Pathology/00Intro)- introduction to pathology

Pathology Board (www.coolboard.com/) online discussion board

The Royal College of Pathologists (www.rcpath.org)- includes information about careers in pathology, a 'current news' column, and access to College publications.

Royal Society of Medicine - Meetings of the Pathology (www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/smtpatho.htm) Group

College of American Pathologists (www.cap.org/)- site contains useful 'Practice Documents' on all aspects of pathological activities (including one on forensic pathology that appeared in Arch Pathol Lab Medicine 1998 (122: 1056-1064)). Many are in pdf format, and so you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. Download it free from Adobe.

Pathological Society of Great Britain & Ireland (www.pathsoc.org.uk/)

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (www.afip.org/) - not much to see on this site, but if you are researching anything military based, you should be able to contact these people via this site.

Webpathology (www.webpathology.com)

http://erl.pathology.iupui.edu/

Publishers

www.abctales.com/

www.arnoldpublishers.com/

www.blackstonepress.com/cgi-bin/blackstonepress.storefront

www.blacksci.co.uk/

www.bmjbooks.com

www.bh.com/

www.butterworths.co.uk/

www.cavendishpublishing.com/

www.ccthomas.com/

www.harcourt-international.com/

http://books.elsevier.com/uk//forensics/uk/

www.greenwich-medical.co.uk/

www.humanapress.com/

www.wkap.nl/kaphtml.htm/THOMSONTITLES

www.lww.com/home/

www.manticore.ca/home.htm

www.medic8.com/MedicalPublishers.htm

www.oup.co.uk/academic/medicine/medical_updates/ohcm/

www.palgrave.com/science/medicine/

www.lights.com/publisher/

www.publist.com/

www.reedelsevier.com/

www.silentpartners.com/

www.springeronline.com/

www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/

www.lifesciencesarena.com/lifesciencesarena/homepage.htm

www.tandf.co.uk/

Radiology

Radiology library (www.netmedicine.com/xray/xr.htm)

Radiology Desktop (tm) USUHS Radiology Home Page (http://rad.usuhs.mil/)

Rheumatology

On-line Archives of Rheumatology (www.archrheumatol.net/atlas/)

Road Traffic Collisions

De Montfort University - Forensic Road Accident Investigation (www.dmu.ac.uk/facilities/cse/courses/eng_and_tech/frai_menu.jsp?ComponentID=7595&SourcePageID=8180)

CAR - Collision Analysis & Reconstruction (www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~roys/)

General Science

Nature (www.nature.com/)

ScienceMagazine.com (www.sciencemagazine.com)

Toxicology

Journal of Analytical Toxicology (www.nlm.nih.gov/)- no full text articles, but does contain a search engine of back issues (via the US National Library of Medicine 'pubmed' service)

Addiction Research Council (www.arf.org/)- useful information about drug abuse

Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence (www.drugscope.org.uk/)- contains reports on UK trends in drug use

Society of Forensic Toxicologists (www.soft-tox.org)

Drug Abuse Tutorial - WebPath (www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/DRUG/DRUG.html)- as with the rest of the webpath site, this tutorial is a great introduction to this topic.

Index of Toxicology Internet Resources (www.pitt.edu/~martint/pages/toxres.htm)- a good starting point for links. Doesn't contain any content though.

Virtual Drug Store (www.virtualdrugstore.com/)- US site describing everything you need to know about drugs of abuse.

Forensic Toxicology Links (http://userzweb.lightspeed.net/~abarbour/links.htm)- a useful collection of links

The Vaults of Erowid (www.erowid.org/index.shtml)- lots of useful information about all kinds of (mainly illicit) drugs, with histories of abuse, pharmacological details, downloadable images and references to scientific articles.

Pharmacy and pharmacology (Wikipedia portal ) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal%3APharmacy_and_Pharmacology)

Trace Evidence

Forensic-Evidence.com (www.forensic-evidence.com/site/MasterIndex.html)

Footwear & Tire Track Evidence - C.A.S.T. shoeprints & tire track forensic impression evidence

Training/ Courses

Knowledge Solutions LLC (www.corpus-delicti.com/)- online courses in forensic science etc

Trauma

Injury Control Resource Information Network

(http://www.injurycontrol.com/)

Trauma.org

(http://www.trauma.org/imagebank)

TRAUMA.ORG (www.trauma.org/resus/moulage/moulage.html) excellent introduction to trauma management, with simulations of trauma management

Trauma (www.traumaroom.com) - Online version of a new monthly magazine for London medical students

UTHSCSA Trauma Page (http://rmstewart.uthscsa.edu/default.html)- with excellent patient case studys, incorporating clinical notes, investigations, and photographs of Xrays, CT scans etc.

Virtual Hospital Home Page (www.vh.org/)

Virtual Naval Hospital FM 21-11 First Aid for Soldiers (www.vnh.org/FirstAidForSoldiers/fm2111.html)- information on first aid in military battle situations

Australian and New Zealand Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (www.jficm.anzca.edu.au/aaccm/journal/publications.htm)

Veterinary Forensics

University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine (www.vet.uya.edu/vpp/ia/SRP/vfp/sitemap.html)- excellent student resources with a wide range of photographs, including sections on ballistic trauma and identification issues (index)

US Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab (www.lab.fws.gov/) - the only crime laboratory dedicated to wildlife in the world

Web 2.0/ Open Access

MedWorm (http://medworm.com) - RSS aggregator

Connotea (www.connotea.org) - Online Reference organiser

Flickr (www.flickr.com) - Online photo sharing

Google Health (www.google.com/coop/topics/Health)

Google Blog Search (http://blogsearch.google.ca)

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki)

Ganfyd (www.ganfyd.org) - Medical Wiki

Citizendium (www.citizendium.org) - Expert Wiki

YouTube (www.youtube.com)

Del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us) - Website tagging

SlideShare (http://slideshare.net) - Slide Sharing

Directory of Open Access Journals (www.doaj.org)

Registry of Open Access Repositories (http://archives.eprints.org)

GenomeWeb (http://genomeweb.com) - news aggregator for genomics and bioinformatics

Nature Network Boston (http://network.nature.com/boston)

Dspace Repository - Massachusettes Institute of Technology (http://dspace.mit.edu)

Meatball (http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?TourBusMap) - tour of wikis available online

General Links

British Telecom - if you need to track down somebody's phone number (or need a business number), BT allow you to carry out a search for it at their website.

London Street Maps - This is a great site ! If you need to get a map of where you are going to in London, but don't want to fork out on an A-Z, you can type in the name of the road at this site, and it produces a map with the street arrowed for your convenience!

An alternative to this site is www.streetmap.co.uk which provides the same sort of service, as well as maps for out of London (but not in as much detail as the London A-Z style maps).

London Transport - Underground Journey Planners (with fare stages indicated) or underground maps without fare stages - handy if you are stuck in the library with no tube map and need to plan your night out!

World Geography (earth.google.com) - satellite driven directions between 'A' and 'B', but currently more detailed for USA

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