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Karch's
Pathology of Drug Abuse
Third
Edition
Steven
B Karch
568 pages, hardcover
2001, CRC
Press/Taylor & Francis
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Table
of Contents
About
the author
Authoritative
information from the source you trust
·
Provides
the latest information on clinical aspects of drug abuse
·
Reviews
unique medical syndromes and histological alterations associated
with each drug
·
Covers
the toxicology, pharmacology, and pharmacokinetics of each
drug
·
Explains
the origin and history of each drug and how they evolved
into drugs of abuse
The third edition
of Karch's Pathology of Drug Abuse continues to
provide a comprehensive yet accessible guide to the pathology,
toxicology, and pharmacology of commonly abused drugs. As
in previous editions, the focus remains on the investigation
of drug-related deaths and on practical approaches to the
detection of drug abuse. It covers in detail the clinical
consequences of drug usage and provides the latest information
on clinical aspects of drug abuse. This well-written, extensively
referenced resource supplies a mixture of clinical information
and pathology findings.
WHAT'S NEW IN
THE THIRD EDITION:
· New information on methamphetamine
abuse
· New chapter on GHB, ketamine, and select herbal
hallucinogens
· New micrographs showing pathology of drug related
deaths
· Over 1000 new references
· The mechanism of sudden death in cocaine users
and overdose in heroin abusers
· Toxicology and pathology of ephedrine
· Neurochemistry of excited delirium
· Psychotic behavior in stimulant abusers
About
the author
Steven B. Karch has appeared as
an expert witness in international cases, including advice
to counsel in the Harold Shipman murder trial. He is an
assistant medical examiner in San Francisco, where he consults
on cases of drug-related deaths. He received his bachelors
degree from Brown University, did graduate work in cell
biology and biophysics at Stanford, and received his M.D.
from Tulane University Medical School.
Reviews
"All
healthcare practitioners and organizations need this book.
… I love the organization and detail. Thorough does
not do the detail justice. If every pathologist were as
dedicated to a task as Dr. Karch has demonstrated in his
preparation of the third edition, there would be fewer errors
in the forensic aspects of the judicial system. …
I congratulate Dr. Karch for the best work ever written
on drug abuse."
- Charles L. Winek, Ph.D., Toxicology Editor, Forensic Science
International
"…
a mine of information about the pathology and toxicology
of drugs of misuse. … It is essential for any healthcare
professional involved in the care, clinical management,
or autopsy of drug misusers to have a clear understanding
of how a particular drug affects the body, short-term and
long-term, and what relevance the metabolism of the drug
has to its clinical manifestation. This book provides all
the answers. … Dr. Karch is to be congratulated on
producing the best and most readable book I have seen on
the subjects included and I recommend it to anyone who works
in any way with drug misusers or the investigation of drug
related deaths or illness."
- Jason Payne-James, Editor, Journal of Forensic Clinical
Medicine
"Karch's
book is well illustrated and extensively referenced…I
warmly recommend it to anyone who deals in any capacity
with the effects of substance misuse."
- Chris Milroy, Medico-Legal Centre, Watery Street,
Sheffield, UK
Table
of Contents
Related
books:
Garriott’s Medicolegal
Aspects of Alcohol
Medical-Legal
Aspects of Abused Substances
Methamphetamine
Use: Clinical and Forensic Aspects
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