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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. - Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003. - 1 online resource (86 pages) - Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press. Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf. .

Workshop organised by the National Institute of Medicine.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

ISBN: 0309526426 (electronic bk.) 9780309526425 (electronic bk.) (pbk.) (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
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.
Autopsy
Cause of Death
Forensic Medicine
Jurisprudence
Décès--Causes--Congrès.
Médecins légistes--Formation--Normes--Congrès.
Coroners--Formation--Normes--Congrès.
Pathologie médico-légale--Congrès.
Médecine légale--Congrès.
Autopsie.
Décès--Causes.
Médecine légale.
forensic medicine.
MEDICAL--Forensic Medicine.
Death--Causes.
Forensic pathology.
Medical jurisprudence.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Congress
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.

LC Class. No.: RA1063.4 / .M43 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 614.1

National Library of Medicine Call No.: W 775 / M489 1999