Comparative Study
doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.09.011.
Epub 2009 Nov 20.
What is legal medicine--are legal and forensic medicine the same?
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.09.011
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Comparative Study
What is legal medicine--are legal and forensic medicine the same?
J Forensic Leg Med.
2010 Apr.
Abstract
Some consider the terms "forensic" and "legal" medicine to be synonymous but this is counter to the title of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine or the dual strands for progression to fellowship of the Australian College of Legal Medicine. The paper examines a very brief historical background to legal medicine and develops a definition of the strands thereof, namely legal and forensic medicine. It demonstrates that the two are different components of the application of medical knowledge upon the legal system. Legal medicine has greater relevance to civil and tort law, impacting upon patient care, whereas forensic medicine relates to criminal law and damage to, or by, patients.
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