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Forensic medicine in Sweden
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7026-5061
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation.
2024 (English)In: Encyclopedia of forensic and legal medicine / [ed] Jason Payne-James; Roger W. Byard, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2024, p. V2:857-V2:862Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter presents the organization of forensic medicine in Sweden, which covers both medico-legal autopsies (forensic pathology) and examination of living persons (clinical forensic medicine). A national body, the National Board of Forensic Medicine, is responsible for all medico-legal autopsies and most issued certificates of medical evidence in clinical forensic medicine. In Sweden, forensic medicine is a recognized medical specialty, tasked to deliver impartial and evidence-based medical expert opinions to the legal system, and the only medical specialty which does not involve medical care or “patients.”

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Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2024. p. V2:857-V2:862
Keywords [en]
Certificate of medical evidence, Examination of living persons, Medical age assessment, Medico-legal autopsies, National Board of Forensic Medicine, Organization of forensic medicine in Sweden, Other actors in forensic medicine, Specialist training of forensic pathologists, The forensic pathologist as a medico-legal expert, Undergraduate training in forensic medicine
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Forensic Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-237571DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-21441-7.00140-0Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105001899594ISBN: 9780443214424 (electronic)ISBN: 9780443214417 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-237571DiVA, id: diva2:1951818
Available from: 2025-04-14 Created: 2025-04-14 Last updated: 2025-09-04Bibliographically approved

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