Medico-Legal Update

Aloke Mazumder ¹, Ninad Nagrale ²

Affiliations
1 Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Malda Medical College, Malda (WB), IN
2 Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhilai (CG), IN

Abstract

Radiological evaluation of the skeletal age represents an important tool for the estimation of the chronological age in the living. The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship between the chronological age and degree of epiphyseal fusion around elbow joint in population of Chhattisgarh (Central India) and to compare our results with the results of similar studies. The study was carried out in 100 healthy subjects (40 girls and 60 boys) aging from 13 to 20 years. The obtained results from the radiographs revealed that the complete fusion of epiphysis of elbow joint is seen at 16-20 years. Females were consistently developing epiphyseal union at a younger age than their male counterparts. Results also suggest that the age of epiphyseal union is found to vary greatly all over the world indicating the need for separate standards of age of epiphyseal union for separate regions.

Keywords

epiphyseal union, elbow joint, distal end of humerus

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Ninad Nagrale ¹, Pawan Wankhade ², Bhupendra Gathe ³, A.P. Dongre ²

Affiliations
1 Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhilai, Durg (CG), IN
2 Prof & Head, Department Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Medical College, Kachandur, Durg (CG), IN
3 Associate Professor, Physiology, Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhilai, Durg(CG), IN

Abstract

Diversity is a part of our everyday lives. Having good attitudes towards LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender) individuals is one of the ways of accepting and respecting human diversity. In this way, the quality of offered services will be same for all the people. Attitudes of medical professionals towards homosexuals can influence their willingness to provide these individuals with medical help. The study evaluates the medical students’ knowledge about homosexuality and their attitudes towards it. The sample consisted of 200 participants (104 from second year & 96 from first year) who anonymously completed the preformed questionnaire. The study showed that the second year students have more knowledge than the first year students. Degree of knowledge had significant predictive effect on attitudes in the analyzed predictive model & is important tool in shaping the attitudes towards LGBT patients and reducing stigmatization.

Keywords

Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgenders, attitude

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