FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Forensic Pathology, Asphyxia, Trace Evidence
Document Summary
A sub- specialty of pathologists & is concerned with application of pathological principles to the investigation of the medico-legal aspects of death (part medical and legal aspects of the case as it has a forensic aspect) First recognized in usa by american board of pathology in 1959. In canada it was formally recognized in 2003 and a formal training program is currently being established under supervision of royal college. Forensic pathologists are medically qualified doctors who perform autopsies. Anyone who wants to be a forensic pathologist needs a medical degree and 1 year of qualified experience. The permanent termination (cessation) of biological (vital) functions that sustain a living organism: cvs - syncope >>> circulatory failure, rs - asphyxia >>> respiratory failure, cns - coma >>> cns failure (brain death) Time between somatic & molecular death ==== molecular life. Cause of death: any injury or disease that produces a physiological derangement in the body that results in the individual death.
