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Vol. 8, 2023

Volume 8 of Perspectives in Legal Medicine and Medical Expertise – 2023

Official Journal of the Brazilian Association of Legal Medicine and Medical Expertise.

Includes all articles published in 2023.

Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish
Frequency: continuous
Year of publication: 2023

Literature review

PREVALENCE OF WORK-RELATED MENTAL DISORDERS IN BRAZIL: A PRE AND POST-PANDEMIC COMPARISON

Anna Beatriz Vilas Boas Moreira, Daniel Nascimento Machado, Maria Clara Monteiro de Souza Lima,  Raul Coelho Barreto Filho

Vol. 8, 2023

This study aims to compare the prevalence of work-related mental disorders in Brazil between the pre and post-COVID-19 pandemic period.

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Original Article

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE RESULTS OF PERSONAL INJURY AND PRECAUTIONARY EXAMS. BEFORE AND DURING

Fernanda Souza Santos, Maria Luisa Duarte

Vol. 8, 2023

This article seeks to nalyze the reports of the forensic examinations of personal injuries and precautionary measures carried out at IML Estácio de Lima – Maceió/AL, from 2018 to 2021, considering the changes that could be observed before and during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Literature review

ANALYSIS OF FEMICIDE IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO AND THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL ISOLATION DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC

luma carolyne pires negrao de araujo

Vol. 8, 2023

The objective of this study was to verify if there was a change in the rate of femicide in the state of São Paulo in the period from April to September 2018 and 2019 (pre-pandemic) and 2020 and 2021 (pandemic, in addition to evaluating the distribution of cases by regions of the state)

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Original Article

VIRTUAL EXPERT EVALUATION IN JUDICIAL MEDICAL EXPERTISE: CURRENT SITUATION, AFTER TELEMEDICINE´S REGULATION IN BRAZIL.

Gabriel Sato Ikuhara Cavalcanti Picos, Renata Luciana Moraes, Thaylisse Bezerra Correia, Verônica Scriptore Freire Almeida

Vol. 8, 2023

This article seeks to discuss the relationship between the current legislation in force in October 2022, after the regulation of telemedicine in Brazil, with the possibility of using technologies, in judicial medical expertise or telemedicine in that country.

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE RESULTS OF DEATH FROM EXTERNAL CAUSES – BEFORE AND DURING THE PANDEMIC

Maxbel Oliveira Silva

Vol. 8, 2023

This study aimed to analyze a possible change in the profile of deaths from external causes based on cadaveric reports from the Instituto Médico Legal Estácio de Lima, in Maceió/AL in a pre-pandemic period (2018 and 2019) and with the pandemic in force (2020 and 2021)

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Case study

PRECISELY LOCATED 0.5 CM LESION IN THE LEFT VENTRICLE OF A VICTIM OF SUICIDE BY TABLE KNIFE: CASE REPORT

Danilo Guimarães Siqueira, Jairo Joaquim Dos Santos Júnior, Luciana Maria Prado Gomes, Victor Vasconcelos Barros

Vol. 8, 2023

In this paper, a case of a victim of self-harm by a sharp instrument will be reported, which caused cardiac tamponade and evolved to death, on the spot, with cause of death: cardiogenic shock

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