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Forensic Medicine Resources: Fire deaths
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An 'e-resource' for forensic medicine, pathology and science . Tuesday, 29 January 2008. One category of death that often causes interpretative problems for forensic pathologists is the fire death. A useful summary of the issues raised by such deaths has been recently published. Level is returned from the laboratory as zero % that a review of the post mortem findings indicates some other cause of death than 'exposure to fire smoke and fumes'. Tuesday, January 29, 2008. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Forensic Medicine Resources: February 2007
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An 'e-resource' for forensic medicine, pathology and science . Tuesday, 13 February 2007. New forensic medicine wiki. In the spirit of collaboration in forensic medicine, a new forensic wiki. Has been launched. Anybody can contribute to the development of this resource - the aim of which is to provide peer reviewed. And so far as is possible) evidence-based. Forensic medicine and pathology educational materials. In the first instance, content is requested on general topics such as;. Is to be encouraged.
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Forensic Medicine Resources: Coroners and Justice Bill
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An 'e-resource' for forensic medicine, pathology and science . Friday, 23 January 2009. Coroners and Justice Bill. The long-awaited Coroners and Justice Bill. Has been published, having finally been included in the Queen's speach in December. The Bill repeals the Coroners Act 1988. And Part 1 sets out the duty on Coroners. Of great interest in the UK is the introduction of reforms of the death certification process, and the Bill sets out a new duty on Primary Care Trusts. England) and Local Health Boards.
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Forensic Medicine Resources: November 2009
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An 'e-resource' for forensic medicine, pathology and science . Saturday, 7 November 2009. New website - forensic pathologists in history. A new website is currently under construction by me, providing resources on famous forensic pathologists in history. And their notorious cases. The website will cover Sir Bernard Spilsbury, Professor Keith Simpson, and Dr Francis Camps initially, but will expand in due course to include Professor Bernard Knight, Sir Sydney Smith and others. Saturday, November 07, 2009.
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Forensic Medicine Resources: September 2007
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An 'e-resource' for forensic medicine, pathology and science . Friday, 21 September 2007. The public is exposed to a wealth of forensic pathology in the media, particularly in TV programmes such as Silent Witness (UK) and CSI. However, these representations are rarely accurate. Dr Charles Petty identified popular medicolegal. The 'devil's dozen') in an article in 1971;. That the time of death can be precisely determined by the examination of the body. That the autopsy always yields the cause of death.
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Forensic Medicine Resources: April 2007
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An 'e-resource' for forensic medicine, pathology and science . Thursday, 26 April 2007. The effective documentation (and subsequent visual presentation) of wounds relies on the skills of the individual photographing those wounds, and the quality of illustrations prepared from those images. There have been huge advances in the field of forensic photography, forensic imaging and postmortem imaging (using multi-slice CT and MRI) - pioneered by the Virtopsy. A new forensic imaging blog. I am a qualified envi...
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Forensic Medicine Resources: September 2009
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An 'e-resource' for forensic medicine, pathology and science . Sunday, 27 September 2009. Forensic pathologists old and new revisited. A recent BBC4 programme - Watching the dead. Considered how the portrayal of forensic scientists and pathologists in 'crime dramas' had changed over the past 30 or so years, and in doing so presented a clip of Professor Keith Simpson. Explaining how he had tried to inject some realism into those forensic dramas on which he acted as advisor, with little success! Forensic p...
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Forensic Medicine Resources: January 2008
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An 'e-resource' for forensic medicine, pathology and science . Tuesday, 29 January 2008. One category of death that often causes interpretative problems for forensic pathologists is the fire death. A useful summary of the issues raised by such deaths has been recently published. Level is returned from the laboratory as zero % that a review of the post mortem findings indicates some other cause of death than 'exposure to fire smoke and fumes'. Tuesday, January 29, 2008. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Ame...
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Forensic Medicine Resources: January 2009
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An 'e-resource' for forensic medicine, pathology and science . Friday, 23 January 2009. Coroners and Justice Bill. The long-awaited Coroners and Justice Bill. Has been published, having finally been included in the Queen's speach in December. The Bill repeals the Coroners Act 1988. And Part 1 sets out the duty on Coroners. Of great interest in the UK is the introduction of reforms of the death certification process, and the Bill sets out a new duty on Primary Care Trusts. England) and Local Health Boards.
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Forensic Medicine Resources: February 2008
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An 'e-resource' for forensic medicine, pathology and science . Friday, 29 February 2008. The death of a child or infant in suspicious circumstances is one type of case that has the potential for being particularly contentious for forensic pathologists, and the evidence base upon which opinions are based is weak in certain instances, not least those involving alleged 'shaken baby syndrome' or 'short distance falls'. Prepared by forensic pathology and legal experts for the Inquiry. All authors highlight th...
