BIOTECNOLOGIE FORENSI A - L
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: NUNZIATA GIUSEPPA ELISABETTA BARBERAExpected Learning Outcomes
The teaching of Forensic Toxicology provides the basic knowledge for the understanding of the mechanisms underlying the poisonings and acute poisoning induced by drugs, illegal drugs, volatile organic compounds (for example ethyl alcohol) and, in general, by xenobiotics. More specifically are studied the analytical techniques to identify and quantify the toxic substances in biological matrices.
Acquisition of information relevant to the exercise of the profession under the normative-legal and ethical profile with reference to consequences in criminal and civil law.
Acquisition of knowledge of the general problems of medico-legal interest on terms of correct methodology. Acquisition of basic knowledge to be applied to investigations of various areas of Forensic Medicine. Acquisition of the basal technical elements, even analytical, for the forensic diagnosis of acute and chronic poisoning.
Course Structure
The course consists of a series of lectures
Required Prerequisites
None
Attendance of Lessons
Mandatory attendance
Detailed Course Content
The concept of poison. Diagnosis of poisoning. Drugs of abuse, ethyl alcohol, opiates and derivatives, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines, hallucinogens, drugs, volatile substances. Legal aspects of drugs. Ethyl alcohol and driving.
Textbook Information
M. Houck, Forensic Toxicology, Academic Press, 2018.
N. Lappas, C. Lappas, Forensic Toxicology, Principles and Concepts, Academic Press, 2015.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | the concept of poison | M. Houck, Forensic Toxicology, Academic Press, 2018.N.Lappas, C. Lappas, Forensic Toxicology, Principles and Concepts, Academic Press, 2015. |
| 2 | diagnosis of poisoning | M. Houck, Forensic Toxicology, Academic Press, 2018.N.Lappas, C. Lappas, Forensic Toxicology, Principles and Concepts, Academic Press, 2015. |
| 3 | drugs of abuse, ethyl , opiates and derivatives, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines, hallucinogens, drugs, volatile substances | M. Houck, Forensic Toxicology, Academic Press, 2018.N.Lappas, C. Lappas, Forensic Toxicology, Principles and Concepts, Academic Press, 2015. |
| 4 | legal aspects of drugs | M. Houck, Forensic Toxicology, Academic Press, 2018.N.Lappas, C. Lappas, Forensic Toxicology, Principles and Concepts, Academic Press, 2015. |
| 5 | ethyl alcohol and driving | M. Houck, Forensic Toxicology, Academic Press, 2018.N.Lappas, C. Lappas, Forensic Toxicology, Principles and Concepts, Academic Press, 2015. |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The exam will be based on the program already defined.