forensic medicine
Courtroom medical science
Forensic medicine is the application of medical knowledge to legal matters.
Practitioners examine bodies to determine cause of death, assess injuries in assault cases, evaluate mental competency, and provide expert testimony in court.
The field overlaps with forensic pathology, though forensic medicine encompasses broader legal-medical questions beyond autopsy work.
- cause of deathWhy someone died
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- toxicologyScience of poisons
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- psychiatryMental health medicine
expert testimony · crime scene investigation · crime lab · exhumation · medico-legal · evidence collection · blood spatter · admissibility · courtroom testimony · expert witness · serology · postmortem · body identification · wrongful death · cold case · evidence · death · morgue
- Biomedicineanatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, immunology
- medical specialtiescardiology, neurology, pediatrics, dermatology, oncology
- Body Rightsbodily autonomy, medical consent, self-ownership, reproductive rights, medical autonomy
- medical lawmalpractice, medical liability, informed consent, medical licensing, medical negligence
forensic medicineclinical medicine
Hands-on healthcare practice
healing arts · patient care · medical treatment · primary care · clinical treatment
forensic medicineclinical practice
Hands-on healthcare delivery
patient-centered care · obstetrics · pediatrics · geriatric medicine · neonatology
forensic medicinepreventive medicine
Healthcare before illness strikes
public health · health promotion · disease prevention · wellness care · epidemiology
medicine, forensic, forensics, coroner, forensic science, forensic psychology, medical examiner, forensic pathology, forensic anthropology