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Forensic Pathology

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This chapter discusses the basic concepts of forensic pathology in medicolegal investigations of injury fatalities. In the USA, the medicolegal death investigations are conducted by the medical examiner’s office or coroner’s office. In many cases of fatal injuries, the forensic pathologists are the only doctors involved in data collection in terms of injury prevention. The chapter includes a brief introduction to medicolegal death investigation systems, the basic concept of forensic pathology, such as cause and manner of death, followed by a relatively detailed discussion of some common types of injuries associated with deaths. The final section of the chapter includes a discussion of the role of forensic pathology in public health and safety.

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  1. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland, 111 Penn Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA

    Ling Li MD

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  1. Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA

    Guohua Li

  2. Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA

    Susan P. Baker

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Li, L. (2012). Forensic Pathology. In: Li, G., Baker, S. (eds) Injury Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1599-2_5

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