Forensic Path Flashcards
1
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4 roles of medical examiner
A
- death certification
- source of epidemiological data
- analysis of violence as a medical and public health issue
- interaction with the bereaved
2
Q
elements of death investigation
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scene of investigation/history
autopsy
ancillary studies
3
Q
methods of identification
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circumstantial fingerprint dental radiographical DNA
4
Q
early postmortem changes
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rigor mortis
livor mortis
algor mortis
ocular changes
5
Q
time of death estimates= late postmortem changes
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putrefaction mummification infestation skeletonization Adipocere Anthoipophagy
6
Q
class 1
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pathological finds inconsistent with life and explain death
7
Q
Class II
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pathological finds explain death, but not to the level of class I
8
Q
class III
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minimal pathological findings, compelling history, exclusion of other causes
9
Q
class IV
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traceless lethal disorders with no demonstrable morphologic abnormalities
well documented history
exclusion of other causes
10
Q
class V
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undetermined
unusual situations
11
Q
3 types of errors in forensic pathology
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errors of commission
errors of omission
errors of judgment
