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The Establishment of Identity of Human Remains
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Saukko, Pekka Knight, Bernard |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | The identity of the dead is an essential part of postmortem examination, for various reasons. These include: ■ the ethical and humanitarian need to know which individual has died, especially for the information of surviving relatives ■ to establish the fact of death in respect of that individual, for official, statistical and legal purposes ■ to record the identity for administrative and ceremonial purposes in respect of burial or cremation ■ to discharge legal claims and obligations in relation to property, estate and debts ■ to prove claims for life insurance contracts, survivor's pensions, and other financial matters ■ to allow legal investigations, inquests and other tribunals, such as those held by coroners, procurators fiscal, medical examiners, judges and accident enquiries to proceed with a firm knowledge of the identity of the decedent ■ to facilitate police enquiries into overtly criminal or suspicious deaths, as the identity of the deceased person is a vital factor in initiating investigations. Book Name: Knight's Forensic Pathology |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2012-0-11811-7&isbn=9780429102356&doi=10.1201/b13266-7&format=pdf |
| Ending Page | 147 |
| Page Count | 38 |
| Starting Page | 110 |
| DOI | 10.1201/b13266-7 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2015-11-04 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Knight's Forensic Pathology Legal Medicine Human Remains Humanitarian Need |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
