What is referred to by the terminology “sudden and unexpected death”? Give an example of a situation that you would classify, as a death investigator, as “sudden and unexpected”? According to your text, prior to autopsy, “A good medical examiner first considers the medical history, social history, and the terminal circumstances and then forms hypotheses.” What is meant by this statement? Why should “social history” be a consideration to a medical examiner?
Reference should be Spitz and Fisher’s Medicolegal Investigation of Death: Guidelines for the Application of Pathology to Crime Investigation
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