Law and practice in relation to coronial post mortems - A social perspective

Medicine and Law

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-113

  Segal, G P ^a  

^a OAM Barrister at Law   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coroner's Act; Coronial post mortems; Radiological techniques v. autopsy; Social and legal imperatives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 33645805659     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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