Format preferences of district attorneys for post-mortem medical imaging reports: Understandability, cost effectiveness, and suitability for the courtroom: A questionnaire based study

Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 116-120

  Ampanozi, Garyfalia ^a,b   Zimmermann, David ^a   Hatch, Gary M ^a,c   Ruder, Thomas D ^a,b   Ross, Steffen ^a   Flach, Patricia M ^a,b,d   Thali, Michael J ^b   Ebert, Lars C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Court; Forensic findings presentation; Forensic imaging; Postmortem CT; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COURT; HUMAN; LAWYER; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AUTOPSY; COMPREHENSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84858333052     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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