Adjustment disorders (ADs) are characterized by the development of emotional and behavioral symptoms in response to stressful events. Unclear diagnostic boundaries and reduced availability of suitable tools for the detection and severity determination of ADs contribute to make such disturbances under-studied. In view of the importance of the proper characterization of ADs for the medico-legal context (e.g.
INTRODUCTION: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a clinical entity identified in 1980s, considered as an intermedi- ate stage between normal ageing and dementia, which is characterized by a cognitive decline more severe than expected in normal ageing. Although the scientific community has shown interest in MCI, the forensic implications of MCI have been poorly investigated. Forensic implications are huge, affecting all aspects of the so-called ability to act.
This study is a summary of legal issues that occurred over time in Italy, concerning the evaluation of the professional responsibility of the health damage caused by refractive surgery, also in the light of the diagnostic elements obtained from the new techniques relating to diagnostic tests for preoperative surgical correction of the main ametropia.
The article is the first step of a research project aimed at investigating new perspectives and aspects of Morgagni’s role and work. His activities as a medical examiner and forensic doctor are yet to be truly discovered. Manuscripts, written by Morgagni when he was a forensic expert for the Health Magistrate of Venice, currently preserved at the City Library in Forlì (Italy), shed light on a new aspect of his cultural background.
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