FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Criminal Negligence, Coroner, Tylenol (Brand)
Document Summary
Death certificate (all opinions: identity, cause of death, manner of death scenario. The is more than 1 acceptable way to write a cause-of-death statement for a given death. Sudden and unexpected death: coroners (family dr. ) Coroners doctor) coroner is unable to satisfactorily answers any of the 5 questions in a death investigation (who, when, where, why, how: 2. Possible involvement in the criminal justice system: 3. Determine the cause of death by performing a medico legal post-mortem examination (autopsy) Begins with fundamental understanding of cause and manner of death. Purpose: convey an understanding of what natural disease process, injury, event or combination led to an individual"s death. Coding the official cause of death statistics in the underlying cause of death. Design of public death & medical interventions. Legal document: legal, family & insurance purpose, proof od death. Medical opinion: individuals died from the reported cause(s) of death. Means by which the cause of death occurred.
