what is the difference between a coroner and a medical examiner?
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coroner does all the imbaulming (sp?)and prep for barial and medical examiner does exactly what his title says, examines looking for cause of death
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Pathology has different branches but mostly pathology is the science of tissues with diseases such as cancer. Pathologist's job is to determine if the tissue is healthy or contains a disease whatsoever. They also do autopsies. \n\nOn the other hand, forensic science is science used in public, in a court or in the justice system. Any science, used for the purposes of the law, is a forensic science. So forensic science is a very general term that includes a lot of sciences, while pathology is the science of abnormal tissues.
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I'm a Registered Nurse, so I've dealt with quite a lot of dead people and their families. Once the doctor declares that a patient is dead, we proceed to remove all medical equipment that's been used to treat the now deceased. This includes IV lines, oxygen masks, Foley catheters, nasogastric or gastrotomy tubes, Penrose drainages, heparin ports, endotracheal tubes, etc. Then the body is disrobed of all clothing it might be wearing, and given a quick sponge bath. Hands are placed on top of the abdomen and tied together; legs are also bound together at the ankles. A long strip of fabric is placed under the jaw and its ends tied in a knot at the top of the head. This is done to prevent the body from being in an awkward position once rigor mortis sets in. ID tags with the deceased's full name, date and time of death are tied to the big toe, and to one of the wrists. The body is then wrapped into a large plastic sheath and another ID tag is taped firmly to the outside of the bundle. It is then placed in the hospital's morgue to await being picked up by the funeral home that the next-of-kin chooses.
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Hi,\nI had always assumed that you had to have an M.D. or D.O. to be a coroner, but I guess that depending on the state or county in which you practice, you can have nursing training and other more basic types of medical training.  I put some links to information for coroner job requirements at different places in the country - maybe that can help you choose which direction to go in college.\n\nGood luck!
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Forensic science is a branch of medicine used for legal purposes and concerned with determining cause of death, examination of injuries due to crime and negligence, and examination of tissue samples relevant to crimes.
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Here's a company in Tennessee that will do it.\n\nIt may be enough to have someone review the written record of the autopsy and lab tests, without needing to perform a second autopsy.
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Coroners are regularly called upon by police and crime scene invstigators to determine predicted time and cause of death, for example, and in their medical report can sometimes be required to use mathematical formulae to prove how they came to their conclusion, including decomposition and taking factors including flesh consumption by certain types of bugs into account. Within the formulae, they may take on algebraic symbolic representations for presentation purposes to authorities, including the court.
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It varies somewhat from state to state. In some states there is a difference between a funeral director (who plans funerals and runs a funeral home) and an embalmer, who does the scientific and cosmetic work on the deceased. In other states you must be both an embalmer and a funeral director to get a license.\n\nMost states require graduation from an embalming/funeral service training program (2 years in a community college or 2 to 3 years in a school of mortuary science). You must then typically serve an internship of six to twenty-four months under a licensed embalmer/funeral director.
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Yes, you can make that request, but it's up to the pertinent authorities to decide whether your request is granted or not. This decision will depend greatly on the circumstances surrounding the demise. If the deceased had a history of a terminal or life-threatening disease, and there's no evidence suggesting that foul-play or medical malpractice was involved, then an autopsy will not be necessary. If the person died under suspicious circumstances [suspected homicide, suicide or drug overdose], the person was alone or unattended at the moment of death, any kind of violence such as child abuse, domestic violence or signs of other criminal activity is involved or suspected, or the cause of death cannot be established by an external examination of the body, then an autopsy is in order. It is also mandatory if a person dies in a hospital less than 48 hours after being admitted for treatment.
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i have seen cases which were diagnosed even after 40 years of death and that too when the body of the person was burned using oxy-acytylene flame which is supposed to burn even the bones. so definately the postmaortum report can help in diagnosing, but like all the other fields of medicine, pathology too has it's limitations, and some of the cases remain undiagnosed in autopsy. \nthe common factor responsible in such cases is presence of certain drug or chemicals which are commonly found in human body under normal circumstances but proved fatal for a particular person, e.g if a person who is suffering from heart disease is given high level of atropin can die but yet remain undiagnosed as it disappears rapidly from blood and even if trace elements of it remain, it is safely assumed to be formed by the body. but an experienced pathology can diagnose most of the cases\n\nwell, as per the cost, in most of the cases, the expense is born by the state government
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When I worked in a medical clinic in the medical records department this is what I could gather about an audit....They looked to see if dictation and lab work were in the appropriate places, if names of patient matched with the labs and paperwork inside. Filing of charts in correct place. Things along that nature.  Usually had a nurse or doctor on committee. It would just be a way to make sure charts and information were correct.
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Yeah, old age.  But....  When we say that someone old has died of natural causes,  we probably don't know exactly why they died. Did they have a heart attack, a pneumonia leading to sepsis, a dysrrythmia etc...  Part if it is that we don't do as many autopsy  especially if there is no suspicion of foul-play.  Imagine trying to fill out a death certificate on a old person found at home dead.  I can honestly say that when I fill it out, at best its an an educated guess.
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No, it is not the study of diseases within the body, changes, etc... \n\n\nForensic pathology, first recognized by the American Board of Pathology in 1959, is a branch of medicine concerned with determining cause of death usually for civil or criminal law cases. The word forensics is derived from the Latin forēnsis meaning public or forum.\n\nScope of Forensic Pathology\nThe Forensic pathologist:\n\n-Performs autopsies to determine cause of death (such as a bullet wound to the head, exsanguination, strangulation, etc.) and manner of death (including homicide, accident, natural, or suicide). \n-Examines wounds and injuries due to crime or negligence. \n-Examines tissue specimens that may be relevant to rape or other crimes. \n-Forensic pathologists also work closely with the coroner (England and Wales) or medical examiner (United States). \n-The examination of dead bodies (autopsy or post mortem) is a subset of anatomical pathology. \n-Serves as an expert in courts of law testifying in civil or criminal law cases. \n-Forensic pathologists are often also known as forensic medical examiners or police surgeons.
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While you can put anything you want into your will, it will have no bearing in the case of an autopsy. For several reasons:\n\n1) for a will to be active it needs to be placed into probate. This can take several days or weeks. Thereby surpassing the typical time frame in which an autopsy is requested. So a decision will be made by someone.\n\n2) In suspicious cases a coroner or medical examiner can order an autopsy, and it will be done. Regardless of any voiced concerns. \n\n3)The best way to avoid an autopsy is by appointing a Durable Power of Attorney for property who understands and is willing to follow your choice of no autopsy. They will have exclusive rights to your body over any family or other concerns, except the case of the coroner/medical examiner, they are the law and have final say.
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A coroner is generally an elected position, therefore you would have to run and campaign to be elected in your county.  The coroner in my county makes $27,000 per year.  I am a mortician, my annual salary is about $70,000, but I am also the manager of the firm.  Good luck to you!
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The reports you need would have been filed in the state and county that he died in. Any death,to my knowledge that is not by natural causes is a coroner's case.Your first call should be to the coroner's office in the county of which he died.Most coroner's will sit down and talk with you if you have proof of who you are and make an appointment,generally the ones I've spoke with are very nice.The coroner could give you a copy of the death certificate because he or she would have had to do the autopsy and sign the death certificate.They would be able to answer almost any questions you would have or point you to any other office you might need to go to depending on what questions you have.If you have knowledge that this was not a death by natural causes then you would need to tell the coroner and the police.After doing an internet search,I realized that because you are in Hawaii,laws may be different,so I am listing some sites I found that may help you get started.Also you could do your own search.Just type in your search bar on your computer: how to get autopsy report in hawaii then click the search button.You might come up with something different than I did.Also you might want to speak with a lawyer before you speak to anyone else about your legal issue.You did not say which state your brother became deceased in,you just said you were from Hawaii.Just do an internet search,just like I told you above,just at the end of it put which state.So sorry to hear of your loved one's passing.Was glad to help you.
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Everyone above is more or less correct - CSIs are actually the people that collect evidence from the scene itself.  They are generally not the people that do the fun experiments in the lab, as it takes a separate skill set to handle and analyse organic material than it does to collect that material without contamination and provide real-time analysis to law enforcement.\n\nThe most obvious difference between real CSIs and the ones you see on TV are that, first, they very rarely speak to suspects or 'do' a whole case; a blood spatter expert may very well just analyse one blood spatter after another, handing out reports stating that this spatter came from this angle, inflicted by an object with such-and-such mass...  a geneticist may extract and analyse DNA from several cases at once without any information as to what effect their results will have on a given case, etc.  \n\nThe most substantial difference between real life and TV, however, is the time factor.  In many parts of North America, the processing time for many lab results is extremely high.  Every week the CSI team barrels through another case; in reality, a single homicide could tie up a small staff for several years, and the suspects very, very rarely confess - a lab tech could spend two years working on a blunt-object murder, wait another three years for appeals to come to an end, and see a suspect whom they've never met locked up for five years while still proclaiming his innocence.  Not quite as fulfilling as TV would have us think.