| Descriptor English: | Forensic Medicine | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Medicina Legal
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Medicina Legal | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Médecine légale | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Legal Medicine Medicine, Forensic Medicine, Legal |
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| Tree number(s): |
H02.403.330 I01.198.780.937 SP9.131.543 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005554 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The application of medical knowledge to questions of law. |
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| Annotation: | for crime or identification: differentiate from JURISPRUDENCE, usually civil suits; for human identification of skeletal remains HUMAN IDENTIFICATION see FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY is available; for human identification by teeth see FORENSIC DENTISTRY; note other specific forensic terms are also available DF: FORENSIC MED |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ED education ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 65; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74; was heading 1963-64 |
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| Online Note: | use FORENSIC MEDICINE & FORENSIC DENTISTRY to search CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 1966-74 |
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| History Note: | 65; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74; was heading 1963-64 |
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| Entry Version: | FORENSIC MED |
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| Related: |
DNA Contamination
MeSH Law Enforcement MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 5688 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D005554 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1965/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2010/06/25 |
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DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS
Health Occupations [H02]Health Occupations -
ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA
Social Sciences [I01]Social Sciences -
PUBLIC HEALTH
Health Law [SP9]Health Law
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Forensic Medicine
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Medicine, Legal
- Broader
| Concept UI |
M0008748 |
| Scope note | The application of medical knowledge to questions of law. |
| Preferred term | Forensic Medicine |
| Entry term(s) |
Medicine, Forensic |
| Concept UI |
M0008749 |
| Preferred term | Medicine, Legal |
| Entry term(s) |
Legal Medicine |
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