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The
required readings for this unit are:
Unit.A.1.1
Historical Firsts and Facts
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| Cordner,
S. M., & Loff, B. (1994). 800 years of |
coroners:
Have they a future? Lancet, 344(8925), 799-801.
Retrieved December 20, 2002, from Academic Search
Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=9410181766&db=aph
- Provides
information on the history of the job of
coroners in Great Britain. Legislation and directives
from the monarchy creating the office of the coroner;
Duties in the detection of crime; Role as investigator
of preventable deaths.
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Canada |
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International |
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Reading(s)
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United Kingdom |
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| Hollman,
A.. (2001). Postmortems on the kitchen |
table.
British Medical Journal, 323(7327), 1472- 1473.
Retrieved December 20, 2002, from Academic Search
Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5791375&db=aph
- Focuses
on the practice of performing home postmortem examinations
during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Examples
of the practice, which were recalled in letters
to the author; History of the practice;
Tools used in the practice; Commonality of the practice.
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Required
Reading(s)
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Insert article
here......................
Databases
For the full text article online,
sleuth the 'University
of Calgary/ Library/ Article Indexes':
Directions:
- Select
- Indexes and abstracts with links to full text articles
- Select
- Academic Search Premier or Expanded Academic ASAP
- Select
- Connect
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Fill in
User ID and Pin
- Fill
in search words:
forensic and medicine
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The
'recommended only' readings for this unit are the following:
Unit.A.1.1
Historical Firsts and Facts
Australia
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Reading(s)
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Canada
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Reading(s)
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| Wood, M.
J., & Guha, A. K. (2001). Declining |
clinical
autopsy rates versus increasing medicolegal autopsy
rates in Halifax, Nova Scotia: Why the difference?
A historical perspective. Archives of Pathology
& Laboratory Medicine, 125 (7), 924-930.
Retrieved July 2, 2002, from ProQuest database.
- The
downward trend in the rate of clinical autopsies
has been extensively documented in the literature.
The explanation proposed here is the changing and
currently uncertain purpose of the clinical autopsy
versus the clear, and consistent over time, purpose
of the medicolegal autopsy.
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Recommended
Reading(s)
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| Fahmy, K.
(1999). The anatomy of justice: |
Forensic
medicine and criminal law in nineteenth century
Egypt. Islamic Law & Society, 6(2), 224-272.
Retrieved December 20, 2002, from Academic Search
Premier database:
http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=4201164&db=aph
- Analyzes
the role played by autopsy or forensic
medicine in the criminal justice system in nineteenth-century
Egypt. Reason legal reform was proven successful
in Arab societies; Background on Egyptian legal
history during the period; Creation
of the Mixed Courts in 1876; Relationship between
al-sharia'a and al-siyasa
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United Kingdom
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Reading(s)
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United States
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Reading(s)
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| Almirall,
.J. R. & Furton, K. G. (1995). The evolution, |
practice
and future of the use of science in
the administration of justice- The importance of
standards in forensic science.
Standardization News, 23 (4). Retrieved May18,
2002 from:
http://www.mdpd.com/astmhtm.html
- Note
the references to history or evolution of forensic
science in this article.
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| Rudin, N
& Inman, K. (1998-02). Forensic science |
timeline.-
Education in Forensic Science. Retrieved March 15,
2002, from the Forensic DNA Consulting/NR/KPI Website:
http://www.forensicdna.com/Forensictimeline.htm
- Note
in this website the historical firsts cited here
of forensic science timeline.
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Additional
references for this unit can be found in 'forensic
references'
of the forensic sourcebooks.
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Video's
recommended for this unit are:
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(Video)
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The
required websites to sleuth for this unit are the following:
Australia
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Resources
(Web)
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Insert website
here……..
- Note in this
website.....
Canada
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Resources
(Web)
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Insert website
here……..
- Note in this
website.....
International
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Resources
(Web)
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Insert website
here……..
- Note in this
website.....
United Kingdom
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Resources
(Web)
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Insert website
here……..
- Note in this
website.....
United States
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Resources
(Web)
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Almirall, .J.
R. & Furton, K. G. (1995). The evolution, practice and
future of the use of science in the administration of justice-
The importance of standards in forensic science. Standardization
News, 23 (4). Retrieved May18, 2002 from: http://www.mdpd.com/astmhtm.html.
- Note the references
to history or evolution of forensic science in this article.
Rudin, N. (2002)
Forensic science timeline. Education in forensic science.
Website: Forensic DNA Consulting/NR/KPI 1998-02, Retrieved
March 15, 2002 from http://www.forensicdna.com
- Note in this
website the historical firsts cited here of forensic science
timeline.
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For
additional websites on this unit, sleuth 'forensic
websites' in the forensic sourcebooks.
- forensic -
medicine - history
- forensic -
science - history
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Topic
A - Forensic Medicine > Section A.A.1.0. Forensic History > Unit.A.1.1.
Historical Firsts and Facts
