The Medico-legal Journal
Overview
The Medico-legal Journal is a scientific journal, published since 1947 in English. The journal's country of origin is United Kingdom and its primary focus area is forensic sciences.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Med Leg J
Start
1947
End
Continuing
Frequency
Quarterly
p-ISSN
0025-8172
e-ISSN
2042-1834
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Specialty
Forensic Sciences
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 13168
16
SJR / Ranks: 11254
342
CiteScore / Ranks: 10675
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Recent Articles
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Whittaker G
Med Leg J
. 2025 Mar;
:258172241287654.
PMID: 40079655
This study compares the costs of cerebral palsy healthcare in South Africa's private healthcare system with the lump sum compensation typically awarded in medico-legal claims. The analysis reveals that private...
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Todd N, Wright-Todd J
Med Leg J
. 2025 Feb;
93(1):29-32.
PMID: 39935203
Introduction: Informed consent is a crucial element in neurosurgical practice; failures of the consenting process are a common cause of litigation in neurosurgery and judgments that have particular relevance to...
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Barman S, Bairagi K
Med Leg J
. 2025 Feb;
93(1):42-44.
PMID: 39935199
India's doctors are demanding effective protection against escalating levels of violence against healthcare workers. There are Acts in several states aimed at the prevention of violence against healthcare workers and...
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Fitzcharles M, Assis R
Med Leg J
. 2025 Feb;
93(1):33-36.
PMID: 39921409
Pain conditions can be challenging; nociplastic pain, defined as pain that cannot be sufficiently explained by structural/anatomical changes, is newly categorised as the third pain mechanism. Nociplastic pain complaints are...
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Andoh B
Med Leg J
. 2025 Feb;
93(1):45-47.
PMID: 39921408
The right to refuse treatment and the advance decision were two major issues that came up in [2024] EWHC 1034. This paper discusses that case in relation to (a) the...
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Mayberry J
Med Leg J
. 2025 Feb;
93(1):37-41.
PMID: 39921404
Background: This work emerged from a need to better understand the "lived experience" of early marriage for girls and how it should impact on contemporary attitudes in the Muslim community...
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