title: Forensic clinical anatomy: A new field of study with application to medicolegal issues.
abstract: Forensic clinical anatomy is a new practical application of the discipline of Clinical Anatomy for ascertaining and evaluating medicolegal questions. In particular, individual anatomy (normal anatomy, anatomical variations, age-, disease-, or surgery-related modifications) can acquire significant relevance in various fields of legal medicine such as child abuse, sudden death, medical responsibility and/or liability, personal injury and damage. Anatomical data of forensic interest frequently arise from the correct application of methods of ascertainment; anatomical methods may then be required for further comprehensive analysis. The rigorous interpretation of anatomical data, derived from the ascertainment phase and analyzed on the basis of pertinent literature, can be pivotal for the correct application of evaluation criteria in various forensic contexts. Clin. Anat. 30:2-5, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Section of Anatomy, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Porzionato
authors.affiliation: Section of Anatomy, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Macchi
authors.affiliation: Section of Anatomy, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stecco
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, True Blue, Grenada, West Indies.
authors.forename: Marios
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loukas
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, True Blue, Grenada, West Indies.|Seattle Science Foundation, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: R Shane
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1317-1047
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.affiliation: Section of Anatomy, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Caro
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy; D044707:Forensic Sciences
keywords: anatomical variation; body donation program; child abuse; iatrogenic lesions; legal medicine; malpractice; medical liability; medical responsibility; personal injury and damage