medico-legal
Law meets medicine
Medico-legal describes matters where medicine and law intersect.
A medico-legal examination might determine cause of death for court proceedings.
Medico-legal experts testify about injuries, mental competency, or malpractice.
The term appears in forensic contexts: The coroner's medico-legal findings were crucial to the prosecution's case.
Medical examination after death
- cause of deathWhy someone died
- forensic pathologyMedical death investigation
- coronerPublic death investigator
- postmortemExamination after death
toxicology · time of death · manner of death · chain of custody · evidence collection · death certificate · exhumation · cadaveric
Failure to exercise care
- standard of careMinimum acceptable professional conduct
- informed consentPermission given with understanding
- duty of careObligation to act reasonably
- breachBreaking of agreement
damages · expert witness · causation · litigation · plaintiff · defendant · settlement · wrongful death
Moral philosophy for medicine
- end of lifeCessation of existence
- euthanasiaDeliberate death for relief
- advance directiveDocumented future healthcare preferences
- living willPre-stated medical treatment preferences
organ donation · patient autonomy · research ethics · clinical trials · vulnerable populations · do not resuscitate · palliative care · brain death
- consent formsWritten permission documents
- health informationData about bodily condition
- privacyFreedom from observation
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
HIPAA · subpoena · audit trail · disclosure · authorization · patient rights · data protection · authentication
Official record of passing
- fitness assessmentEvaluation of bodily condition
- occupational healthWorker wellbeing discipline
- mental competencyCognitive fitness for decisions
- return to workResume employment after absence
autopsy
Medical examination after death
- cause of deathWhy someone died
- forensic pathologyMedical death investigation
- coronerPublic death investigator
postmortem · toxicology · time of death · manner of death · chain of custody · evidence collection · death certificate · exhumation · cadaveric · decomposition
negligence
Failure to exercise care
- standard of careMinimum acceptable professional conduct
- informed consentPermission given with understanding
- duty of careObligation to act reasonably
breach · damages · expert witness · causation · litigation · plaintiff · defendant · settlement · wrongful death · misdiagnosis
bioethics
Moral philosophy for medicine
- end of lifeCessation of existence
- euthanasiaDeliberate death for relief
- advance directiveDocumented future healthcare preferences
living will · organ donation · patient autonomy · research ethics · clinical trials · vulnerable populations · do not resuscitate · palliative care · brain death · resource allocation
clinical notes
- consent formsWritten permission documents
- health informationData about bodily condition
- privacyFreedom from observation
confidentiality · HIPAA · subpoena · audit trail · disclosure · authorization · patient rights · data protection · authentication
death certificate
Official record of passing
- fitness assessmentEvaluation of bodily condition
- occupational healthWorker wellbeing discipline
- mental competencyCognitive fitness for decisions
medico-legalclinical
Emotionally detached, medically precise
therapeutic · patient-centered · curative · bedside · caring
medico-legalinformal
Relaxed, not official
lay · non-institutional · unofficial · undocumented · off-the-record
medicine, legal, medical, legality, legislature, legislate, medico