Literature review

END-OF-LIFE DECISION MAKING: THE CONCEPT OF ‘FUTILITY’ AND ACTING IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PATIENT

Seppy Pour

This paper will attempt to define the concept of ‘futility’ in the end-of-life care context and rationalise its application in the common law context, by reference to guidance provided by courts and recent research. It also outlined the best interests test by discussing its definition, scope, obligations, and limitations.

Original Article

WEAKNESSES IN UNDERSTANDING THE TYPIFICATION OF SEX CRIMES AND ITS REFLECTIONS ON NOTIFICATIONS OF VULNERABLE RAPE

flavia-danielle-amaral-de-brito

There are obvious gaps in distinguishing the specificities of sexual crimes by health professionals. Qualifying notifications is a basic and urgent measure.

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.

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.

Literature review

MEDICAL EXPERTISE AND CONDUCTS ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE: A FORENSIC AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC APPROACH

Enzo Pacelli Santos Fonseca, Cynara Silde Mesquita Veloso

Epidemiological data on Sexual Violence and the impact of medical conducts on the bio psychosocial health of victims of sexual violence in Brazil.

Original Article

VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE ADMITTED AT THE MEDICAL LEGAL INSTITUTE OF AFOGADOS DA INGAZEIRA, BRAZIL, IN 2018

Tiago Feitosa Gonçalves, Jose Miguel Francisco da Silva Souza, Reginaldo Inojosa Carneiro Campello

Sexual violence is any action in which an individual in a power situation forces another to engage in sexual practice against their will. The Institute of Forensic Medicine (IML) located in Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco, Brazil, was established to perform sexological medical examinations. The objective of this study was to analyse medical forensic reports from victims of sexual violence admitted at the IML in 2018.

Literature review

LITERATURE REVIEW ON CONGENITAL SYPHILIS

Caico Bruno Curcio Oliva de Paula, Brenno Wakim Ferla, Claudia Polubriaginof, Fernanda Carolina Barros, Victoria Marsura Caselli

Congenital syphilis occurs when the agent Treponema pallidum is transmitted to the fetus via placenta and has a high death rate, although the diagnosis can be made during prenatal care. This article review the literature on the subject and proposes different approaches by public health services.

THE MEDICOLEGAL VIEW OF THE RAINS AND LANDSLIDES IN THE SERRANA REGION OF RIO DE JANEIRO: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Julia Tavares Alves de Moura, Laura Júlia Magalhães de Paiva, Letícia Cecília Almeida Jardim, Lohana Almeida Farias Magalhães, Luiza Franco Reis, Mayume Borges Ferreira da Silva

The article is a literature review that aims to analyze, from the perspective of Legal Medicine, the consequences of rains and landslides in the Serrana region of Rio de Janeiro in 2011, with an emphasis on the work of medical examiners with regard to medical expertise in large-scale disasters.

Literature review

PROFILE OF THE AUTHORS OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS IN CASES OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

Ricardo Santos Zuza, Ivan Dieb Miziara, Emilio Zuolo Ferro

Descriptive study of judicial sentences in cases of blood transfusion in Jehovah’s Witness patients in the state of São Paulo with the aim of collecting data on the processes and improving the medico-legal understanding on the subject.

Literature review

FORENSIC MEDICAL EXPERTISE AND CIVIL LAW: RECOMMENDATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES FOR MEDICAL EXPERT EVIDENCE

Gabriel Carmona Latorre, Fernanda Sobral Scaramussa, Carlos Henri Gomes Filho

This article analyses demands that must be met by technical-scientific photography as a part of the technical evidence in forensic medical expertise under civil law and suggests quality protocols.

Literature review

RIGOR MORTIS: PHYSIOLOGY

Heron Ricardo Xavier Teixeira

Review article on Rigor Mortis, its physiology and its role in determining time and cause of death.

Original Article

EVALUATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE IN FORENSIC AUTOPSIES IN THE MEDICAL LEGAL INSTITUTE OF PORTO VELHO, BRAZIL

Murilo Sergio Valente-Aguiar

In this paper, the authors test the hypothesis that the current photographs, presented in the forensic reports of the Legal Medical Institute, of Porto Velho, in Brazil, would not meet the quality criteria to contribute to the forensic process. We concluded that more than half of the incorporated photographs (52.6%) were not technically feasible and, regarding this criterion, they should not have been used in the reports. Strategies are suggested to enhance the quality of forensic photographs.