FSC239Y5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Firing Pin, Homicide, Stippling

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The forensic autopsy and cause of death. Coroner services in canada are under the provincial government. Antemortem dental records may be obtained from the dentist, military, prison, hospital. Among the goals of death investigation: to determine the manner and cause of death, the protection of other third parties, the expansion of scientific knowledge and the promotion of preventable death. Lims stands for: laboratory information management system. The duties of forensic pathologist include: reviewing medical history, reviewing witness statements, scene examination, autopsy examination. The disease or injury which initiated a chain of events resulting in death is known as the cause of death. In order to cause a bodily injury, an outside force must be greater than the elasticity and the inertia of the tissue contacted. Professionalism governs how one acts, how one dresses. Third step of a medico-legal death investigation is autopsy: 1. Younger individual: more precise dental age estimation.