Autopsies
Coroners and Medical Examiners in America
Many people, including voters, reporters, and crime writers, still confuse coroners with medical examiners. Wherever you live in America, if
September 22, 2024
Many people, including voters, reporters, and crime writers, still confuse coroners with medical examiners. Wherever you live in America, if
If we don’t know the extent of a problem, we can’t or won’t do much to fix it. That’s what’s
Eduardo Lee Hoover, Junior, age 38, sat in his pick-up truck, boxed in by four police cars after a chase
Who signs a death certificate depends: was the death due to natural causes or not? Where did the person die? What’s the state law?
Why We Need Independent Coroners “Sensitive cases, such as police shootings and police-encounter deaths, jail and prison deaths, deaths in
Observing the role of a coroner in court during a trial is a great way to learn about medicolegal death
It was my first day on the Colorado doctor’s ski patrol and lethal hypothermia was the last thing on my
Should coroners be responsible for unclaimed bodies at nursing homes?
The Chester County Coroner’s office recently hosted a 2023 update on xylazine for law enforcement, first responders, emergency medical providers,
Hundreds, probably thousands, are dying heat-related deaths in 2023. Doctors and death investigators can do more to document deaths caused by this silent invisible killer.
Unclaimed body donation to science was once the primary source of cadavers for medical study. Despite increasing numbers of unclaimed bodies, that’s no longer the case.
Falls are the third most common cause of accidental death. But it’s not always easy to tell an accident from a homicide.