Forensic pathology
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Forensic Pathology is the legal branch of pathology concerned with:

• Determining cause of death (including murder, accident or unexpected death)
• Examination of some wounds and injuries due to crime or negligence
• Examination of tissue specimens that may be relevant to rape, or other crimes.

Forensic pathologists work closely with the coroner (British tradition) or Medical Examiner (American tradition). The examination of dead bodies (autopsy) is closely related to anatomical pathology.

External link

• CORPSE: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death, by science writer Jessica Snyder Sachs

The original article can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_pathology.
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