Forensic

Unidentified bodies (‘Unknown’ bodies) received from within the hospital or ‘brought in dead’ by the police from outside the hospital will be registered into the Buku Daftar Kematian.

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Crime scene is a location where a crime took place or another location where evidence of the crime may be found, either indoor or outdoor.

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Postmortem Computed Tomography (PMCT) is a radiographic examination of deceased used by forensic pathologists in assisting determination of cause of death, identification of deceased as well as localization of foreign material such as bullet fragments.

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Forensic Anthropology is in fact a branch of the field of Physical Anthropology, with the critical difference being that Forensic Anthropology is mainly concern with skeletal remains of modern times.

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The manner of death is the underlying circumstance that places in motion a physiologic process, culminating in the person’s death.

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A dead body that has not died of an infectious disease or that id not a carrier of any contagious disease presents minimal threat to the public. Thus far, there is no documented evidence that such dead bodies pose health risks to the public. In fact, there is overwhelming evidence against it.

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Changes in the skin, changes in the eye, algor mortis or decrease in body temperature, rigor mortis and livor mortis are changes that involved in early changes of death.

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A person who consumes significant amount of alcohol every day (more than six cups) is more easily to develop diseases related to alcohol that can be fatal. Not only that, alcohol can cause death in a variety of ways due to violence, accidents, toxic poisoning, etc.

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Fingerprint, a term referred for the friction skin on the fingers and the palm from the first joint of the hand to the nail bed. It covers areas of skin bearing ridges and furrows.

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DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is the key components of life. It contains sets of biological instruction that make up the personality of the individual. This information was passed on from generation to generation through the reproductive development.

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