Delayed Deaths
Most people realize that violent deaths (accidents, suicides, and homicides) fall under the jurisdiction of a medicolegal system. What they often fail to realize is that this jurisdiction is retained even if there is a long delay between injury and death, as long as the death was a result of injuries. Thus, if an individual suffers a head injury resulting in irreversible coma, is put in a nursing home, and dies 2 or 3 years later of pneumonia, this is still a medical examiner
Tags: Forensic Pathology, Death
