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Descriptor English:   Forensic Medicine 
Descriptor Spanish:   Medicina Legal 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Medicina Legal 
Synonyms English:   Legal Medicine  
Tree Number:   G02.403.776.240
I01.198.780.937
SP9.140
Definition English:   The application of medical knowledge to questions of law. 
Indexing Annotation English:   SPEC qualif; for crime or identification: differentiate from JURISPRUDENCE, usually civil suits; for human identif of skeletal remains see FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; for human identif by teeth see FORENSIC DENTISTRY; ballistics goes under BALLISTICS, WOUND see WOUNDS, GUNSHOT but here also if pertinent; DF: FORENSIC MED
See Related English:   Law Enforcement
 
History Note English:   65; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74; was heading 1963-64 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
classification economics
education ethics
history instrumentation
legislation & jurisprudence manpower
methods organization & administration
statistics & numerical data standards
trends  
Record Number:   5688 
Unique Identifier:   D005554 

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