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

ANALYSIS OF SEXUAL CRIMES COMMITTED IN THE STATE OF CEARÁ BETWEEN JANUARY 2020 AND JULY 2022

Carolina de Paiva Farias, Ana Manuela Diógenes Teixeira, Cristina Vasconcelos Linheiro, Rebeca Falcão Lopes Mourão, Silvia Barbosa Benevides


In Ceará, children and adolescents represent the main victims of sexual crimes. Analysis of crimes of sexual violence in Ceará, during the period from January 2020 to July 2022.

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INCAPACITY FOR WORK DUE TO MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS IN BRAZILIAN SOCIAL SECURITY: A TEMPORAL ANALYSIS

Rebeca Soares Gomes, Brunna Victoria dos Santos Sá


This article presents a cross-sectional study that analyzed the temporal evolution of granting sickness benefits related to mental and behavioral disorders in Brazil, between 2006 and 2021. illness and absence from work.

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Case study

AN ATYPICAL HOMICIDE CAUSED BY CUT-THROATS IN BRAZIL

Murilo Sergio Valente-Aguiar, Nathália dos Santos Vieira Loubet, Conrado Falcon Pessoa


Briefly explain your article in 2 sentences. This abstract will be used to identify your article in internet searches and scientific data banks.

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Literature review

DOCTORS’ ETHICAL AND LEGAL DUTY TO THE JEHOVAH’S PATIENT WITNESS

Mariana Dornelles Frassetto, Mauricio Moretto Salvaro, Iury Serra de Melo, Luan Bernardino Montes Santos, Lucas Souza Liberato, Luisa Rosler Grings, Luiz Vicente Antunes Zappelini, Maria Eduarda Ghedin Frassetto, Arthur Victor Vilela Barros, Mariani Laurentino Jesuíno Jesuíno, Paula Vitória Nuernberg


Blood transfusion in Jehovah’s Witnesses related to the physician’s duty in its legal and ethical sphere and the patient’s autonomy in contrast to its limit.

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Literature review

THE ROLE OF LEGAL MEDICINE OFFICIAL CRITERIA IN THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE

Marcela Sena Braga, Larissa Yano Souza Martins, Luiz Felipe Guimarães Gualberto Moreira, Felipe Peixoto Lasmar, Fernando Alves Esbérard Leite


The role of Legal Medicine towards victims of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is essential because it seeks to bring symbolic reparation, in addition to contributing to society, trough the guarantee of truth, justice, memory and prevention of new episodes. The official requirements must be reformulated in order to contemplate the investigation of events and enable the creation of public policies.

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Original Article

EXPERTISE THE WORK ENVIRONMENT IS NOT PART OF THE MEDICAL EXPERTISE

Marcos Antonio Alvarez, Renata Alvarez


The article discusses the mandatory inspection of the workplace by the expert doctor in the analysis of the causal link between illness and work in the Labor Court, highlighting the mistakes and consequences of this imposition. It proposes a sequence of steps to determine the indications of expertise and their objectives.

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Case study

DEMENCIA WITH LEWY BODIES IN EXPERT ASSESSMENT  OF SOCIAL SECURITY

Alexandre Martins Valença, Cláudia Cristina Studart Leal, Gustavo Carvalho de Oliveira, Antonio Egidio Nardi, Talvane Marins Moraes, Mauro Vitor Mendlowicz


Dementia is a clinical syndrome with cognitive deficits experienced in daily life. This article highlights the importance of accurate diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy Bodies for proper treatment and beneficial benefits.

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Literature review

TELEFORENSICS IN BRAZIL: LITERATURE REVIEW AND ANALYSIS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF FORENSIC MEDICINE

Renata Yumi Lima Konichi, Raísa Kyn Fujisawa


Telehealth is constantly growing and Forensic Medicine must follow this update, respecting ethical precepts and the integrity of the process. In this way, teleforensics is possible, but with limitations and precautions.

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Literature review

FORENSIC MEDICINE AND FORENSIC TAPHONOMY

Gabriel Ribeiro Sciuli de Castro, Ana Beatriz Araujo Duarte, Malanny Santos Araújo, Hellen Jesus Santos, José Vinícius Lima Santana, Lucas Henrique Oliveira Santos, Suzana Papile Maciel


It is called forensic taphonomy, the study of all the stages in which the human being passes after his death until fossilization. Thereby, with the forensic or legal medical interest.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF INJURIES CAUSED BY LESS-LETHAL AMMUNITION SHOOTING: A HISTORICAL VIEW

orlando victorino de moura junior


this article aims to demonstrate the characteristics of injuries caused by shots of the commonly called “rubber bullets”. Despite being known as “less-lethal”, it was responsible for serious bodily injuries and even deaths.

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Case study

DEATH BY STROKE IN A SUSPECTED RAPE VICTIM: A CASE REPORT

Lucas Ximenes Silveira, Ramon Bezerra Mesquita, Déborah Nogueira Vasconcelos, Leonardo Mesquita Costa, Victor Luís Cavalcanti Dias, Thaís Helena Holanda Viana, Vivian Romero Santiago, Hanna Bento Soares


Rape is considered a heinous crime and very recurrent in the Brazilian conjuncture. Thus, it is necessary to perform forensic sexology, through the examination of the corpus delicti, in order to evidence evidence of the crime.

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Literature review

MONKEYPOX AND ITS POSSIBLE MEDICAL AND LEGAL CONSEQUENCES

Carmen Silvia Molleis Galego Miziara, Carlos Henri Gomes Filho


Monkeypox is a disease caused by a virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus of the Poxviridae family, transmitted from animals to humans or between humans. On July 23, 2022, the WHO designated Monkeypox as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The consequences of this virus are of medico-legal interest.

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