Description
1. Explain the difference between a clinical autopsy and a forensic autopsy and how do the result apply in a criminal investigation?
2. Identify and discuss the necessary elements of a proper forensic autopsy.
3. Explain and provide an example of the five manners of deaths, what cause of death versus the mechanism of death means.
4. Explain when and why is the term undetermined used by the ME or Coroner, and provide an example.
Extra Info related for outside resources:
- The Autopsy | Handbook of Death and Dying: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.umgc.edu/10.4135/9781412914291.n51
- A Guide for Manner of Death Classification; The NAME: http://www.charlydmiller.com/LIB03/2002NAMEmannerofdeath.pdf
- Exhuming a Corpse for Forensic Analysis | Explore Forensics: http://www.exploreforensics.co.uk/exhuming-a-corpse-for-forensic-analysis.html
- Causes of Death: Contemporary | Encyclopedia of Death & Human Experience: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.umgc.edu/10.4135/9781412972031.n53
- To Die by Mistake: Accidental Deaths | Handbook of Death and Dying: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.umgc.edu/10.4135/9781412914291.n21
- Accidental Death | Encyclopedia of Death & Human Experience: Pages 4-9. http://ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e025xna&AN=474329&site=eds-live&scope=site&profile=edsebook&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_4
- Without Autopsies Hospitals Bury Their Mistakes: http://www.propublica.org/article/without-autopsies-hospitals-bury-their-mistakes
- Variability of undetermined manner of death classification in the US: http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/12/suppl_2/ii49.full.pdf+html
- The Need for an Interdisciplinary Approach in Forensic Sciences | Behavioral Analysis & Psychological Autopsy: http://ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=i3h&AN=87042972&site=eds-live&scope=site
- Australian museum: (Play movie may or may not work–depends on browser used, works best with Firefox or Chrome)
- Virtual Autopsy Table: https://newatlas.com/virtual-3d-autopsy-table/13155/
- The Autopsy Report: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1718019-overview#showall
- Forensic vs. Clinical Autopsy: https://www.forensicdx.com/services/autopsy-services/