Unit.A.3.1. Medical Examiner/Coroner Systems

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Australia	focus points

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	coroner/medical examiner system

In Canada, there is a Coroner system in half of the 10 provinces and in all territories. Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland all have a medical examiner system. (Alberta Justice, 1993).

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	coroner/medical examiner system

"The coroner system came about in medieval England in the 12th or 13 century. Deaths began to be investigated to see if the death occurred on crown property - as taxes then would need to be paid to the crown" (Butt,1995, personal communication).

"Britain - England and Wales have a Coroners System, in Scotland, it is called 'Proctutor Fiscal'" (Butt, 1995, personal communication).

United States	focus points

	coroner/medical examiner system

Medical Examiner Systems in the United States are gradually replacing the Coroner Systems. Coroner/sheriffs are still locally elected.

"Historical developments of medicolegal investigation in the United States can be traced to the English coroner system" (Schramm, 1991, p. 670).

"Coroners continue to preside predominately in rural areas in the United States and serve exclusively in Alaska, Idaho, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota" (Goldsmith, 1986, cited in Schramm, 1991, p.673).

Focus Points Reference

Alberta Justice.(1993). What's going on here? Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Alberta: Author.

Schramm, C.A. (1991). Forensic medicine: What the perioperative nurse needs to know? AORN American Operating Nurses Journal, 53 (3), 669-692.

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From 'forensic presentations' in the forensic sourcebooks the following presentations have been selected for this unit:

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From 'forensic experts' in the forensic sourcebooks the following panel of experts has been selected for this unit:

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