[Durgical](https://durgical.com/en/) › [DurgiPedia](https://durgical.com/en/durgipedia/) › [Forensic medicine](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/) › Clinical forensic medicine # Clinical forensic medicine Assessing injuries and medico-legal incapacity, sexual violence, child abuse, intimate-partner violence, intoxication and age estimation. 18 pages ## Finding - [**Abusive head trauma (shaken baby)** Brain injury inflicted on an infant or young child by shaking, impact or both; it often causes…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/abusive-head-trauma/) - [**Child maltreatment: signs that should raise concern** Injuries, patterns and accounts that suggest physical abuse of a child and oblige the doctor to…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/child-maltreatment-signs-that-should-raise-concern/) - [**Fabricated or induced illness in a child** A carer invents, exaggerates or causes symptoms in a child, leading to needless tests and…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/fabricated-or-induced-illness-in-a-child/) - [**Fractures and visceral injuries in child abuse** In infants, classic metaphyseal lesions and posterior rib fractures strongly suggest abuse…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/fractures-and-visceral-injuries-in-child-abuse/) - [**Neglect and starvation** Neglect means failing to give a child, an older person or a dependant the food, hygiene or care…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/neglect-and-starvation/) ## Method - [**Age estimation in the living** How the expert estimates the age of a person without documents: physical exam, teeth, hand X-ray…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/age-estimation-in-the-living/) - [**Incapacidad médico-legal: what it is and how it is set** The number of days the expert estimates the harm from an injury lasts; it is not the work sick…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/incapacidad-medico-legal-what-it-is-and-how-it-is-set/) ## Topic - [**Child homicide** The violent death of a young child is usually caused by a carer, often without visible injuries…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/child-homicide/) - [**Intimate-partner and gender-based violence** How to detect, care for, document and protect a person who suffers violence from a partner or…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/intimate-partner-and-gender-based-violence/) - [**Medico-legal sequelae: deformity, functional impairment, loss** The lasting harm of an injury; the Penal Code punishes deformity, functional or mental…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/medico-legal-sequelae-deformity-functional-impairment-loss/) ## Procedure - [**Clinical exam for intoxication (embriaguez)** An exam that documents whether a person shows signs of intoxication by alcohol or other…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/clinical-exam-for-intoxication/) - [**Examining a living victim of injury (lesiones personales)** An exam requested by the authorities to describe a person's injuries, their probable cause, the…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/examining-a-living-victim-of-injury/) - [**Examining detainees and documenting torture (Istanbul Protocol)** How to examine a person deprived of liberty and document possible torture or ill-treatment…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/examining-detainees-and-documenting-torture/) - [**Sexual violence: samples and evidence** Which samples are collected from a victim of sexual violence, why as early as possible, and how…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/sexual-violence-samples-and-evidence/) - [**The forensic exam after sexual violence** The clinical and forensic exam of a victim of sexual violence: emergency care first, consent…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/the-forensic-exam-after-sexual-violence/) ## Law - [**Código Penal: lesiones personales (arts. 111–121)** Articles 111 to 121 of Law 599 of 2000 punish harm to the body or health according to the days…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/codigo-penal-lesiones-personales/) - [**Femicide in Colombian law (Ley 1761 de 2015)** Since 2015, killing a woman because she is a woman or because of her gender identity has been a…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/femicide-in-colombian-law/) - [**Resolution 459 of 2012: the health-care protocol for sexual violence** A Ministry of Health rule that obliges insurers and providers to treat victims of sexual…](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/resolution-459-of-2012-the-health-care-protocol-for-sexual-violence/) ## A to Z - [A](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/a/) - [B](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/b/) - [C](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/c/) - [D](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/d/) - [E](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/e/) - [F](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/f/) - [G](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/g/) - [H](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/h/) - [I](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/i/) - [L](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/l/) - [M](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/m/) - [N](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/n/) - [P](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/p/) - [R](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/r/) - [S](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/s/) - [T](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/t/) - [V](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/a-z/v/) [← Forensic and legal medicine](https://durgical.com/en/forensic-medicine/) Educational content on forensic and legal medicine; 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