The criminal justice system's considerations of so-called near-virtual autopsies: The East Midlands experience

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 711-717

  Jeffery, A ^a   Raj, V ^a   Morgan, B ^a   West, K ^a   Rutty, G N ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FIRE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960701531     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2011-200008     Document Type: Article

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