What's the difference between coroner and pathologist? What is post-mortem?
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1. Coroner is a public official who studies dead bodies.  A pathologist is a scientist who studies diseases.\n2. after-death
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Head to the coroner's office.  You will need to be related to the person, or have a valid reason or a court order to get it.
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he sounds like a coroner
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There are a few places.  If you are family of the deceased, check with your county/parish Coroner's office.  If you are family, you could receive autopsy reports, toxicology reports, etc.  If you are not related to the deceased, you could only get a Coroner's report, which is a one page report pretty much stating cause and manner of death.  You could try your state's Vital Records office (or a health unit) for a copy of the Death Certificate.  Not sure if police would give you certain reports.  Those reports would tell you the actual events leading up to the persons death, the coroner's reports will tell you how and what the person died of. Hope this helps.
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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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what is the coroners act?
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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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Doctor of Osteopathy.  He/she is an Osteopath.
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Veterinary Pathologist CLASS CONCEPT: The expert level class works under general direction & requires extensive knowledge of veterinary medicine, animal pathology & diagnostic test procedures necessary to establish case diagnosis in order to conduct detailed necropsy, biopsy & microscopic examinations, document & interpret findings, determine appropriate routine & specialized laboratory/diagnostic test procedures necessary to confirm a diagnosis & serve as lead worker & direct technical personnel in completion of section duties.
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Coroner is one of those positions that should not be elected.  Dem or Repub, what's the difference in the role of coroner?
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There are different branches of government.\n\nThe sherriff deals with the enforcement of laws that have been created by the legislature.  He has no power over creating these laws, simply has the responsibility for making sure they are followed.\n\nThe mayor oversees the day-to-day operations of the local government.  He'll have funds city funds that he can allocate for different purposes.  He neither creates nor enforces the laws that govern the city.\n\nThe coroner has a responsibility that is completely different that these other individuals.  His job duties revolve around deaths.  He may be responsibly for examining someone after they have died and determining the most likely cause of their death.
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You would need to ask your husband.  Pathology is the results of testing on tissues or body fluids so without more information, there is no way to even guess what was being tested.
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If you have a post mortem (autopsy), then all your internal organs are removed and examined. After this has been done, they are all placed in a plastic bag in your abdomen, and then the body is sewn back up.\n\nIf you don't have a post mortem (autopsy), you will most likely be embalmed. This process involves draining all the blood from your body and replacing it with embalming fluid to slow down the decaying of the body. In this process, the embalmer places a sharp trochar into the abdomen and uses it to puncture the internal organs so that all the blood can be drained. No organs are removed or put in plastic bags and the body is not cut open in any way.
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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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Certain artifacts are specific to death and resuscitation efforts and should be easily recognized by forensic pathologists. I have only ever worked in places where the coroners *were* physicians, unlike the respondent above - they weren't pathologists, but would be aware of general medical issues, so they should recognize these too - but in general (e.g. if you're writing a novel) it would be fair to say that coroners might be more concerned.\n\nAlso, the role of the coroner is often to decide whether or not a case gets a forensic autopsy, and so they are going more on circumstances of death. For instance, if one of my patients dies, there is a list of certain "flags" that mean the coroner has to be called - e.g. patient recently had surgery; patient lived in an old-age care home; patient died within 24 hours of hospital admission; patient died of complications relating to pregnancy/childbirth; patient died unexpectedly... The coroner will ask questions about what is thought to be the cause of death, recent health, etc., and decide whether to order an autopsy or to let the physician sign off on the death certificate.\n\nSpecific artefacts include: darkening of the skin over the dependent part of the body (usually the back of the shoulders and trunk, if the body is lying on its back) due to pooling of blood after death; cracked sternum or ribs broken over the front of the chest from CPR efforts (usually with some associated bruising); possible red marks/patches from the defibrillator pads. Depending on what was done during resuscitation there may also be mouth or nasal injuries from rapid insertion of endotracheal tubes (not usually, but for instance teeth could be chipped) and bruising from insertion of intravenous access. If things got really crazy there could be puncture marks in the left upper quadrant from an attempt to stick a large needle into the heart sac (to drain possible cardiac tamponade = fluid around heart) or chest tubes inserted.\n\nMost of these are pretty evident. If, however, you have someone who had a crushing blow to the chest, it obviously would be important to recognize this as cause of death and not write off bruising/rib fractures as related to resuscitation.\n\nThere are other, internal findings that can be incidental but may be relevant. Kids get a skeletal survey, which checks all the bones for evidence of old fractures (possible indicator of past abuse.) Hope this is the kind of info you were looking for.
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Pathology is the study of disease, however ALL doctors use pathology to assess a patient.  For example, heart disease is diagnosed and treated by a cardiologist, rheumatoid or osteoarthritis are examples of joint disease which are treated by a rheumatologist, and dermatologists treat skin disease.  Most illness has what is referred to as an 'underlying pathology', or a disease which causes the symptoms.  Whilst a pathologist looks at disease in general and identifies diseases, each medical discipline has a hand to play in the treatment of specific diseases.  \nHere are a couple more disciplines, and their treatment area:\n\nEndocrinology - Hormones & The endochrine system (diseases of)\nDiabetologist - Diabetes and diseases of the hepatic system (liver)\nOrthopaedics - Bones (disease and damage)\nPaediactrics - illness and disease affecting children\nENT - Ear, Nose and Throat - \nHaematology - Literally 'Blood Doctors' looking at diseases of the blood.\n\nI hope that helps.
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Only a few states still have the coroner system, most have gone to the medical examiner system. Here in Illinois you must be 18 years old and a registered to vote to be coroner (it is an elected position and running for office is painful). It does appear that voters are looking for more qualified people, so a related education could be useful. While more and more colleges have forensic courses, the St Loius University School of Medicine has the one of the oldest medicolegal death investigation courses around. If you want more information I'd recommend browsing through www.coronerlakecountyil.blogspot.com