The interaction of death, sorcery and coronial/forensic practices within traditional indigenous communities

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 242-244

  Byard, Roger W ^a   Chivell, Wayne C ^b  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^b State Coroners Office   (Australia)

Author keywords

Death; Forensic coronial reports; Indigenous groups; Ritual; Sorcery

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MORTALITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WITCHCRAFT;

AUSTRALIA; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; WITCHCRAFT;

EID: 26844451811     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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