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The aim of this chapter is to explain what legal medicine is (from its background to the present), and forensic pathology in particular — what its objectives are, what forensic doctors do, and when, why, how, and for whom. Furthermore, the author aims to identify their main difficulties and expectancies.
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Pinheiro, J. (2006). Introduction to Forensic Medicine and Pathology. In: Schmitt, A., Cunha, E., Pinheiro, J. (eds) Forensic Anthropology and Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-099-7_2
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