Evolution of the psychological autopsy: Fifty years of experience at the los angeles county chief medical examiner-coroner's office

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 924-926

  Botello, Timothy ^a   Noguchi, Thomas ^b   Sathyavagiswaran, Lakshmanan ^b   Weinberger, Linda E ^a   Gross, Bruce H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner and Coroner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivocal deaths; Forensic science; Mode conference; Psychological autopsy; Suicide; Undetermined

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONER; EQUIVOCAL DEATHS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MODE CONFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY; SUICIDE; UNDETERMINED; UNITED STATES;

EQUIVOCAL DEATHS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; MODE CONFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY; SUICIDE; UNDETERMINED;

CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MENTAL HEALTH; SUICIDE;

EID: 84880141138     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12138     Document Type: Article

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