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Accurate and timely determination of the cause and manner of death are important for many reasons, including for the benefit of the decedent's family, vital statistics, public health implications and the medicolegal system.
In many legal jurisdictions, the manner of death is a determination, typically made by the coroner, medical examiner, police, or similar officials, and recorded as a vital statistic. Within the United States and the United Kingdom, a distinction is made between the cause of death, which is a specific disease or injury, versus manner of death ...
1 Δεκ 2014 · A core function of the forensic pathologist is the determination of cause and manner of death. Recently, the determination of manner of death has become controversial. Discussions have arisen about the function of manner determination, who should do it, and if it should be done at all.
Manner of death can be classified in six ways: 1) Natural. 2) Accident. 3) Suicide. 4) Homicide. 5) Undetermined. 6) Pending. A natural death occurs as a result of aging, illness, or disease. An accidental death occurs when an injury or poisoning causes death, but it is unintentional.
22 Οκτ 2010 · The cause and manner of death are opinions based on a reasonable degree of medical certainty that indicate what had caused the body to cease functioning (the cause of death), and what events or circumstance were present when the death occurred (manner of death).
12 Σεπ 2011 · The cause and manner of death are provided by the scene (Lew & Matshes, 2005). The examination of a death scene and subsequent collection of potential evidential material requires special skill, knowledge, aptitude, and attitude.
