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Tag Archives: forensic nurse

Does Childhood Trauma Lead To Criminal Behavior?

Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, Elder/Dependent Abuse & Neglect (Criminal), Psych/Mental HealthBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

How Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Relate to Criminal Behavior This article is the first in a series about the effects of stressful and traumatic events in a child’s life and its relationship to the likelihood…

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How Alternative Light Sources Are Used In Forensics

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Elder/Dependent Abuse & Neglect (Criminal), General Medical, Policies and ProceduresBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Alternative Light Sources and Their Effectiveness in Enhancing the Visibility of Injuries History of ALS A fairly new science has emerged within the past 70 years regarding the use of alternative light sources (ALS) to…

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Prisoner or Patient?

Criminal Law, General Medical, UncategorizedBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Are Correctional Facilities Adequately Caring for the Health of Their Inmates? According to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), incarcerated individuals are “disproportionately affected by chronic health conditions, mental illness, and substance abuse. However,…

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Medically Conscious but Legally Unconscious?

Blunt Force Trauma, General Medical, Psych/Mental Health, Psych/Mental Health (Civil)By Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Conscious or Unconscious? Can someone be medically conscious but considered legally unconscious? What an interesting conundrum! According to the Oxford Dictionary, “unconsciousness is the state of being unconscious or the state of being uninformed or…

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Did COVID-19 Bring a Higher Risk of Abuse?

Assault, Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Domestic ViolenceBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic people have been told to stay at home for their own safety and the safety of others.  Could there be a higher risk of abuse? What about those…

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Fracture from Child Abuse or Bone Disease?

Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Failure to Thrive, General Medical, Neonaticide/FilicideBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Unexplained Fracture from Child Abuse or Bone Disease? Child abuse and neglect (CAN) is a profoundly serious problem that has implications and consequences affecting the child and his family for the rest of their lives,…

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Projectile Injury During a Protest

Assault, Blunt Force Trauma, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Policies and ProceduresBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

A Literature Review of “Death, injury and disability from kinetic impact projectiles in crowd-control settings: a systematic review” (Haar, Iacopino, Ranadive, Dandu, & Weiser, 2017) According to a review of worldwide literature (26 articles) between…

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Methamphetamine in Combination with Other Drugs and Violent Behavior

Assault, Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Methamphetamine Usage Methamphetamine (meth) is a widely used, powerful stimulant which acts upon the central nervous system. Other names for meth include speed, crank, ice, crystal, and glass. It gives the user a sense of…

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TBI and Drug Abuse

Criminal Law, ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

The Frontal Cortex Connection: TBI and Drug Abuse The long-term effects of traumatic brain injury are at long last being acknowledged and researched in our society, partly due to the media’s attention to the severity…

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Involuntary Intoxication when mixing Cocaine and Alcohol…? {MH/Tox}

Assault, Criminal Law, DUI, Psych/Mental Health, ToxicologyBy Tara Godoy

What if someone knows how cocaine affects them, and they know how alcohol affects them, but not how they can affect them when taken together? The use of both cocaine and alcohol together results in…

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How using a nurse can help you win your case.

Civil Law, Criminal Law, Practice AreasBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

The nurses and doctors at Godoy Medical Forensics offer medico-legal consulting in criminal and civil cases and we can assist you in your case development and at trial. In many cases you do need a doctor…

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We are looking for 2 more nurses!

Company Events and UpdatesBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Please check out our current openings page to find out more information.

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