| What is legal medicine--are legal and forensic medicine the same? | |
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PMID: 20211453 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Some consider the terms "forensic" and "legal" medicine to be synonymous but this is counter to the title of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine or the dual strands for progression to fellowship of the Australian College of Legal Medicine. The paper examines a very brief historical background to legal medicine and develops a definition of the strands thereof, namely legal and forensic medicine. It demonstrates that the two are different components of the application of medical knowledge upon the legal system. Legal medicine has greater relevance to civil and tort law, impacting upon patient care, whereas forensic medicine relates to criminal law and damage to, or by, patients. |
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Authors:
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Roy G Beran |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article Date: 2009-11-20 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of forensic and legal medicine Volume: 17 ISSN: 1878-7487 ISO Abbreviation: J Forensic Leg Med Publication Date: 2010 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-03-09 Completed Date: 2010-06-10 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101300022 Medline TA: J Forensic Leg Med Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 137-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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University of NSW, Australia. roy@royberan.com <roy@royberan.com> |
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Abortion, Legal Accidents, Traffic / legislation & jurisprudence Conflict of Interest / legislation & jurisprudence Delivery of Health Care / legislation & jurisprudence Drug Industry Forensic Medicine* Humans Liability, Legal Physicians / legislation & jurisprudence Prisoners / legislation & jurisprudence Societies, Medical Suicide, Assisted / legislation & jurisprudence Terminology as Topic |
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