Reviewing and Comprehending Autopsy Reports
Understanding the value of the autopsy report and the information accompanying it is a valuable asset to all investigators.
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Advances, Benefits and Challenges of Oral Fluid Testing in Forensic Toxicology
Voltaire said “To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.” This is the definitive task of the medicolegal death investigator and forensic pathologist. The course of the death investigation has multiple phases including: scene investigation, body assessment, medical records, and the forensic autopsy. This is finalized in three documents: the death certificate, the investigator’s report, and the autopsy report. In order to understand the importance of the autopsy report, and how to interpret it, you should understand how all the other factors influence the report and why you cannot rely on the autopsy report alone.
An Overview of Death Investigation...