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Medicolegal death investigation system : workshop summary /

Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee for the Workshop on the Medicolegal Death Investigation System.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Death > Causes
Medical examiners (Law) > Training of > Standards
Coroners > Training of > Standards
Forensic pathology
Medical jurisprudence
Cause of Death.
Autopsy.
Forensic Medicine.
Jurisprudence.
Autopsy > Law and legislation > United States.
Death > Causes > United States. > Standards
Forensic pathology.
Health facilities > Risk management.
Medical errors > Prevention.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Opening remarks
  • Overview of the medicolegal death investigation system in the United States
  • Infrastructure and training
  • Professionalism, standards, and quality
  • Comparing medical examiner and coroner systems
  • Medicolegal death investigation and the criminal justice system
  • Medicolegal death investigation, public health, and health care
  • Homeland security and emergency preparedness
  • Closing remarks
  • Workshop agenda
  • Panel members and invited speakers.

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