Medico-Legal Death Investigation Systems – South Africa
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|Sep 2022Abstract
South Africa (SA) is a developing nation with a heavily burdened and under-resourced medico-legal death investigative system. The medico-legal death investigative system in SA resembles aspects of the medical examiner and coronial systems yet maintains characteristics unique to the South African environment and legal practice. In this article, we discuss the procedures followed in medico-legal death investigations in SA.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/sljfmsl.v13i0.7922 | Journal eISSN: 2465-6089
Language: English
Page range: 50 - 52
Published on: Sep 30, 2022
Published by: Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at University of Peradeniya
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2022 Elizabeth S. Dinkele, Gavin Kirk, Lorna J. Martin, published by Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at University of Peradeniya
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.