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The Forensic Pathologist Shortage
October 30, 2022 The number of forensic pathologists (FPs), the specialists who do medicolegal autopsies, has not kept pace with the increase of drug deaths and other violent deaths. Consequently, there is now a national shortage of these physicians who are essential to coroner and medical examiner (C/ME) death investigations. The forensic pathologist shortage hobbles…
Cause of Death
The cause of death is the specific underlying disease or injury that initiated the chain of events leading to the death.