DM in Clinical and Forensic Toxicology: A blueprint

Abstract

Currently in India, there is a great need of specialists in  toxicology who can look after not only clinical aspects but also  the legal aspects. Recent rise in deaths due to environmental  toxins, incidents of vitriolage, wildlife poisonings, suicidal and  homicidal poisonings, industrial and occupational poisonings,  etc. have highlighted the need for specialists still more. In many  such cases, perpetrators go scot free, mostly because the