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Forensic and legal medicine is a wide area of medical practice which may be frequently misunderstood. In broad terms, practitioners of forensic and legal medicine work at the interface between medicine and the law and usually have qualifications in both professional disciplines. Currently in the UK,...

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Published in:	British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005) Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. C38 - C41
Main Authors:	Payne-James, J Jason, Stark, Margaret M, Butler, Bernadette, Seymour, Carol
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London MA Healthcare 02-03-2018 Mark Allen Group Ltd
Subjects:	Careers Core Training for Doctors Coroners Forensic medicine Legal medicine Physicians Sex crimes
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Summary:	Forensic and legal medicine is a wide area of medical practice which may be frequently misunderstood. In broad terms, practitioners of forensic and legal medicine work at the interface between medicine and the law and usually have qualifications in both professional disciplines. Currently in the UK, forensic and legal medicine comprises three groups of doctors:Doctors practising in general forensic medicine and sexual offence medicineDoctors practising medicolegal medicine (provision of advice to medical defence organizations)Medically qualified coroners.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1
ISSN:	1750-8460 1759-7390
DOI:	10.12968/hmed.2018.79.3.C38