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Medicolegal death investigation system : workshop summary / Committee for the Workshop on the Medicolegal Death Investigation System, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee for the Workshop on the Medicolegal Death Investigation System
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003.
Series:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subjects:
Death > Causes > Congresses.
Medical examiners (Law) > Training of > Standards > Congresses.
Coroners > Training of > Standards > Congresses.
Forensic pathology > Congresses.
Medical jurisprudence > Congresses.
Autopsy.
Death > Causes.
Medical jurisprudence.
Forensic pathology.
Conference papers and proceedings.
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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