Forensic Medicine is a branch of medicine that applies the theories and techniques of medicine, biology and other natural science to study and solve medical problems related to judicial practice.
Its research objects include living persons, dead bodies and human biological materials, which are related to non-natural death, injury and personal identification.
This course is introduced by the way of combining its theory and practice, and especially some contents in units shared are from the front-line medicine experts of the public security system in Henan Province. Its purposes are as follows:
1. To guide the medical students who will become clinical workers to deal with medical problem related to law from the perspective of Forensic Medicine.
2. To prevent or avoid personal injury and death, and medical disputes and malpractice.
3. To propagate and strengthen the awareness of compliance with law, protection crime scene, preserving evidence and collection relevant evidence, etc.