Death Investigation: Systems and ProceduresCRC Press, 2017/08/21 - 184 ページ Death Investigation: Systems and Procedures is the first book dedicated to the topic of death investigation from a legal standpoint as well as the administrative and operational procedures that pertain to the medical examiner and the coroner system in the United States. Unique in its perspective, this book is the only one not concerned with instruc |
目次
1 Why Know about Death Investigation? | 3 |
2 What Is a Death Investigation? | 7 |
3 Basic Types of Death Investigation | 11 |
4 Public Health Death Investigations | 13 |
5 Who Actually Performs Death Investigations? | 17 |
6 The State and Local Nature of Medicolegal Death Investigation | 21 |
7 Where Are Death Investigations Conducted? | 25 |
8 How Death Investigations Are Funded | 29 |
Part VI Special Circumstances | 99 |
24 What about Mass Fatality Incidents? | 101 |
25 Deaths on Indian Reservations or Federal Property | 103 |
Part VII Other Death Investigation Topics | 104 |
26 Who May Give Permission for an Autopsy? | 107 |
27 The Autopsy Report | 109 |
28 The Death Certificate | 113 |
29 Exhumations | 119 |
Part II More on the PeopleWho Investigate | 31 |
9 Forensic Pathologists | 33 |
10 Coroners | 35 |
11 Medical Examiners | 41 |
12 Death Investigators | 45 |
13 Who Controls the Scene of Death? | 47 |
14 Forensic Scientists | 49 |
Part III Goals of Death Investigations | 55 |
15 Basic Goals of Medicolegal Death Investigation | 57 |
16 Goals of Institution Based and Private Death Investigations | 59 |
Part IV Examples of Death Investigations by Type | 61 |
17 A Typical Institution Based Death Investigation | 63 |
18 A Typical Private Death Investigation | 69 |
19 A Typical Medicolegal Death Investigation | 73 |
The Rake Analogy | 79 |
Part V Specific Features of Medicolegal Death Investigations | 83 |
21 What Types of Deaths Are Reportable to the Medical Examiner or Coroner? | 85 |
22 Examples of Medicolegal Death Investigation Systems | 87 |
23 Types of Medicolegal Death Investigation by State | 89 |
30 Death Investigation and Funeral Arrangements | 121 |
31 Principles of Evidence | 123 |
32 What Is an Expert? | 127 |
33 What If You Disagree? | 129 |
34 Death Investigation and Insurance Policies | 131 |
35 Classic Dilemmas in Death Investigation | 133 |
36 Professional Death Investigation Organizations | 137 |
37 Access to Death Investigation Information | 141 |
38 Pronouncement of Death | 143 |
39 Deaths in Custody and Public Institutions | 145 |
40 Criminal and Civil Law Issues | 147 |
41 Sample Autopsy Report | 149 |
42 A Day at the Medical Examiner8217s Office | 157 |
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Useful Web Sites | 163 |
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Back cover | 171 |
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