Open AccessForensic neurology - the role of a neurologist in a forensic medical assessment
Author(s) -
Nikola Vojvodić,
Vladimir Popović,
Ljubica Vojvodić,
Ivan Mihaljev,
Tatjana Atanasijević
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh190813036v
Subject(s) - medicine , forensic science , neurology , expert opinion , accountability , forensic psychiatry , psychiatry , law , intensive care medicine , political science , veterinary medicine
Forensic neurology is tasked with assessing the consequences of injuries as applied to different situations that interface with the law based on the understanding of nervous system functioning and the mechanisms of neurological diseases. In this article, based on our own experiences, we have tried to highlight the areas of forensic medicine in which the findings and the expert opinion of a neurologist were not only important, but also crucial for making fair judicial decisions. Our intention was to encourage more efforts to establish and expand the role of neurologists in certain areas, foremostly the expertise of responsibility and accountability of a crime perpetrators, as well as determining their processing ability.