FRSC 202 Lecture 6: FRSC 202 Lecture 6 (T, Feb 21)
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Today"s message: dead men do tell tales . When did they die: medicolegal significance and contemporaneity, cases of forensic value , 50 years is contemporary, 75 years is forensic, medicolegal is one component of forensic and criminal is. James bernat argues that: death is a nontechnical word, and should be used as such to reflect the. Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory function; or. Irreversible cessation of all functions of entire brain, including brainstem: medical ethics/ bioethics, ethical dilemmas: higher brain death patients who can breathe and have heartbeat without assistance, terri schiavo case irreversible persistent vegetative state = Autopsy: note: will be addressed next week under postmortem examination . The death certificate: the official death certificate, every state has a death certificate modeled after the us standard. Bronchopneumonia (inflammation of the lungs), liver failure: contributing factors, e. g. High blood pressure, stroke, concussion, dizziness, genetics, etc: contextual contributing factors, e. g.