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    This document discusses suicide and manner of death investigations. It outlines the different medicolegal investigation systems used like coroner or medical examiner systems. The manner of death explains how the cause of death occurred, such as suicide, homicide, accident, or natural. Investigating the scene, manner of death, autopsy findings, and laboratory tests provides information. Specific methods of suicide or unnatural death like hanging, stab wounds, drowning, poisoning, or gunshot wounds are examined by investigating the scene, injuries, weapons, clothing, history, and laboratory results. Avoiding mistakes in forensic pathology includes performing complete autopsies and examinations and properly documenting and handling evidence.

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    This document discusses suicide and manner of death investigations. It outlines the different medicolegal investigation systems used like coroner or medical examiner systems. The manner of death explains how the cause of death occurred, such as suicide, homicide, accident, or natural. Investigating the scene, manner of death, autopsy findings, and laboratory tests provides information. Specific methods of suicide or unnatural death like hanging, stab wounds, drowning, poisoning, or gunshot wounds are examined by investigating the scene, injuries, weapons, clothing, history, and laboratory results. Avoiding mistakes in forensic pathology includes performing complete autopsies and examinations and properly documenting and handling evidence.

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    This document discusses suicide and manner of death investigations. It outlines the different medicolegal investigation systems used like coroner or medical examiner systems. The manner of death explains how the cause of death occurred, such as suicide, homicide, accident, or natural. Investigating the scene, manner of death, autopsy findings, and laboratory tests provides information. Specific methods of suicide or unnatural death like hanging, stab wounds, drowning, poisoning, or gunshot wounds are examined by investigating the scene, injuries, weapons, clothing, history, and laboratory results. Avoiding mistakes in forensic pathology includes performing complete autopsies and examinations and properly documenting and handling evidence.

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    SUICIDE AND MANNER OF DEATH

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES
    • Understand medicolegal investigation systems
    • Understand definition of the manner of death
    • Understand postmortem examination to estimated the manner of death
    MEDICO LEGAL INVESTIGATION SYSTEM
    • Coroner
    • Continental
    • Medical examiner
    MANNER OF DEATH
    • Manner of death explain how the cause of death came about.
    suicide

    homicide
    unnatural
    Manner of
    Accident
    death
    natural
    undetermined
    Scene

    Exp. Manner Autopsy


    knowled
    ge of death findings

    Lab. test
    HANGING

    TKP : tertutup/terbuka; terjangkau; alat


    bantu
    Tali : simpul hidup/mati; jumlah lilitan,
    Pesan terakhir
    History : Kronology; RPS; problem
    Otopsi : defence ; luka –luka lain
    STAB WOUND

    TKP
    Luka : lokasi, arah, defence
    Jenis senjata
    Pakaian
    History :
    Lab results
    DROWNING

    • TKP
    • History
    • Lokasi
    • Luka-luka lain
    • Lab.results
    RACUN
    • Jenis racun
    • Port d’entry
    • TKP
    • Luka-luka
    • History
    • Lab results
    LUKA TEMBAK
    • TKP
    • Luka ; lokasi, arah; jarak;defence
    • Jenis senjata
    • Residu
    • History
    • Lab.results
    NATURAL DEATH
    • TKP
    • History
    • Luka-luka
    KECELAKAAN LALU LINTAS
    • history
    • Kereta api
    'MISTAKES' TO AVOID IN FORENSIC PATHOLOGY

    1. Not being aware of the objective of the medicolegal autopsy


    2. Performing an incomplete autopsy
    3. Permitting the body to be embalmed before performing a medicolegal autopsy
    4. Mistakes resulting from non-recognition or misinterpretation of postmortem changes
    5. Failure to make an adequate examination and description of external abnormalities
    6. Confusing the objective with the subjective sections of an autopsy protocol (report)
    7. Not examining the body at the scene of the crime
    8. Not making adequate photographs of the evidence
    9. Not exercising good judgment in the taking or handling of specimens for toxicologic
    examination

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