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This 5 page paper discusses aspects of forensic pathology including key concepts, theorists, and major categories of work in the field. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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forensic pathology, the theories and theorists that work in the field, and how to differentiate and relate the major categories of work in forensics. What is Forensic Pathology? Forensic pathology
is "the legal branch of pathology concerned with: Determining cause of death ... and manner of death; Examination of some wounds and injuries due to crime or or negligence; Examination
of tissue specimens that may be relevant to rape, or other crimes" (Forensic pathology, 2006). "Forensic pathologists work closely with the coroner (England and Wales) or medical examiner (United States).
The examination of dead bodies (autopsy or post mortem) is a subset of anatomical pathology" (Forensic pathology, 2006). Key Concepts in Forensic Pathology Finding out just what comprises forensic pathology
has proven to be extremely difficult. The table of contents of a book on the subject finally provides a list of the major areas of forensic study. They are "cause,
manner and mechanism of death"; "time of death, decomposition and identification"; "sudden natural death"; "firearms"; "cutting and stabbing"; "drugs and alcohol"; "asphyxia and drowning"; "electrical and thermal and exposure to
extreme termperatures"; "blunt trauma, general and motor vehicle-pedestrian"; "blunt head trauma" and "pediatric forensic pathology" (Dix and Calaluce, 1998, p. iii). The book is an introduction to forensic pathology for
the interested lay person, and the table of contents is interesting. The first two subjects, cause of death and time of death, are different from the rest of the list,
which comprises the various mechanisms of death. We can assume then that a forensic pathologist will not investigate an accidental drowning in the same way that he will a murder
committed with a handgun. One of the most important tasks of the forensic pathologist is to perform autopsies to find the cause of death. Its not as straightforward as we
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