title: Medical toxicology: a primer for the medicolegal age.
abstract: The medicolegal medical toxicologist is described: What they do, what toxicology is, how the toxicologist moves in a world of regulations, chemicals, differential diagnosis, and treatment of poisoning; his or her knowledge as an expert witness in evaluation of serious adverse drug reactions, medical malpractice, and poisoning cases; and the toxicologist's awareness of the role of alcohol, the problem of causation of death, and the limitations of the laboratory are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000209:etiology; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D008318:Malpractice; D008511:Medicine; D011041:Poisoning; D013038:Specialization; D014116:Toxicology; D014481:United States