**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Toxicology**
The second edition of Forensic Toxicology: Principles and Concepts takes the reader back to the origins of forensic toxicology providing an overview of the largely unchanging principles of the discipline. The text focuses on the major tenets in forensic toxicology, including an introduction to the discipline, principles of forensic toxicology including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug interactions and toxicogenomics, fundamentals of forensic toxicology analysis, types of interpretations based on analytical forensic toxicology results, and reporting from the laboratory to the courtroom. Also included in the second edition is a Unit focused on the forensic toxicology of individual drugs of abuse.
1. Section 2: Introduction to Forensic Toxicology - p. 86 2. Chapter 5. The Development of Forensic Toxicology - p. 87 3. Chapter 6. The Duties and Responsibilities of Forensic Toxicologists - p. 113 4. Chapter 7. Forensic Toxicology Resources - p. 129 5. Chapter 8. The Laboratory - p. 139 6. Section 3: Analysis - p. 152 7. Chapter 9. Analytical Strategy - p. 153 8. Chapter 10. Sample Handling - p. 169 9. Chapter 11. Storage Stability of Analytes - p. 187 10. Chapter 12. Analytical Samples - p. 199 11. Chapter 13. Sample Preparation - p. 227 12. Chapter 14. Methods of Detection, Identification, and Quantitation - p. 245 13. Chapter 15. Quality Assurance and Quality Control - p. 277 14. Chapter 16. Analytical Errors - p. 293 15. Section 4: Interpretation - p. 302 16. Chapter 17. Types of Interpretations - p. 303 17. Chapter 18. Factors That Influence the Interpretations of Analyte Concentrations - p. 319 18. Section 5: Reporting - p. 334 19. Chapter 19. Reports - p. 335 20. Chapter 20. Testifying - p. 341 21. Section 6: Drugs of Abuse - p. 366 22. Chapter 21. Ethanol - p. 367 23. Chapter 22. Opioids - p. 395 24. Chapter 23. Morphine - p. 405 25. Chapter 24. Heroin - p. 413 26. Chapter 25. The Fentanyls - p. 427 27. Chapter 26. Cannabinoids - p. 439 28. Section 7: Cases in Toxicology - p. 458 29. Chapter 27. The Case of William Palmer - p. 459 30. Chapter 28. The Case of Marie Besnard - p. 465 31. Chapter 29. The Case of Claus von Bulow - p. 473 32. Chapter 30. Physician Poisoners - p. 481 33. Glossary - p. 491 34. Index - p. 501
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Toxicology**
The second edition of Forensic Toxicology: Principles and Concepts takes the reader back to the origins of forensic toxicology providing an overview of the largely unchanging principles of the discipline. The text focuses on the major tenets in forensic toxicology, including an introduction to the discipline, principles of forensic toxicology including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug interactions and toxicogenomics, fundamentals of forensic toxicology analysis, types of interpretations based on analytical forensic toxicology results, and reporting from the laboratory to the courtroom. Also included in the second edition is a Unit focused on the forensic toxicology of individual drugs of abuse.
1. Section 2: Introduction to Forensic Toxicology - p. 86 2. Chapter 5. The Development of Forensic Toxicology - p. 87 3. Chapter 6. The Duties and Responsibilities of Forensic Toxicologists - p. 113 4. Chapter 7. Forensic Toxicology Resources - p. 129 5. Chapter 8. The Laboratory - p. 139 6. Section 3: Analysis - p. 152 7. Chapter 9. Analytical Strategy - p. 153 8. Chapter 10. Sample Handling - p. 169 9. Chapter 11. Storage Stability of Analytes - p. 187 10. Chapter 12. Analytical Samples - p. 199 11. Chapter 13. Sample Preparation - p. 227 12. Chapter 14. Methods of Detection, Identification, and Quantitation - p. 245 13. Chapter 15. Quality Assurance and Quality Control - p. 277 14. Chapter 16. Analytical Errors - p. 293 15. Section 4: Interpretation - p. 302 16. Chapter 17. Types of Interpretations - p. 303 17. Chapter 18. Factors That Influence the Interpretations of Analyte Concentrations - p. 319 18. Section 5: Reporting - p. 334 19. Chapter 19. Reports - p. 335 20. Chapter 20. Testifying - p. 341 21. Section 6: Drugs of Abuse - p. 366 22. Chapter 21. Ethanol - p. 367 23. Chapter 22. Opioids - p. 395 24. Chapter 23. Morphine - p. 405 25. Chapter 24. Heroin - p. 413 26. Chapter 25. The Fentanyls - p. 427 27. Chapter 26. Cannabinoids - p. 439 28. Section 7: Cases in Toxicology - p. 458 29. Chapter 27. The Case of William Palmer - p. 459 30. Chapter 28. The Case of Marie Besnard - p. 465 31. Chapter 29. The Case of Claus von Bulow - p. 473 32. Chapter 30. Physician Poisoners - p. 481 33. Glossary - p. 491 34. Index - p. 501
