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forensic medicine: see medical jurisprudence medical jurisprudence or forensic medicine, the application of medical science to legal problems. It is typically involved in cases concerning blood relationship, mental illness, injury, or death resulting from violence. ..... Click the link for more information. . forensic medicineScience of applying medical knowledge to legal questions, recognized as a specialty since the early 19th century. Its primary tool has always been the autopsy, to identify the dead (e.g., plane-crash victims) or determine cause of death, which can significantly affect trials dealing with insurance and inheritance. Forensic psychiatry determines the mental health of an individual about to stand trial. Forensic genetics allows paternity to be determined and can identify blood or other tissue samples as coming from a particular person (see DNA fingerprinting). Forensic toxicology, concerned with such topics as intentional poisonings and drug use, is increasingly important in cases of industrial and environmental poisoning. forensic medicine the applied use of medical knowledge or practice, esp pathology, to the purposes of the law, as in determining the cause of death How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This trend also has found an audience in other forms of entertainment as evidenced by the popularity of crime dramas that focus on forensic pathology. Mississippi's forensic pathology system is, in the words of one medical examiner I spoke with, "a mess. Currently, the last stronghold of autopsy expertise is forensic pathology (4). |
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