Abstract

VILLALOBOS LEON, Kennette. Abordaje médico legal del daño corporal en el paciente con estado anterior. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2014, vol.31, n.2, pp.81-87. ISSN 2215-5287.

In Costa Rica, the expertise in bodily harm comprises one of the pillars in the forensic medical examination, which means determining the physical damage suffered by an individual and temporary or permanent functional implications that may arise from this. Among the inherent actions in the expertise in bodily harm, determination of a causal link between the adverse event and the functional consequences thereof, which is directly linked to any functional impairment adds to sequelar state and also be established before the events under study, namely the presence of “Prior Condition”. This review aims to expose the main particular elements of physical damage evaluation in the presence of a modifier condition of a lesion and its aftermath, as is the “Prior Condition”.

Keywords : Prior Condition; clinical history; bodily harm; sequelae.

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