Medical Examiner in the United States

Basic Meaning of Medical Examiner

Medical Examiner means: a forensically-trained physician whose duty it is to investigate questionable or unattended deaths (has replaced the coroner in some states); (see also coroner and justice of the peace)

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See Also

Autopsy; Death, cause of; Death, mechanism of; Pathology; Toxicology.

Further Reading (Articles)

Medical Examiners, Coroners, and Public Health: A Review and Update, Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; September 1, 2006; Hanzlick, Randy

Medical examiners here to be (slightly) more like those on TV, AZ Daily Star; May 29, 2011; KIMBERLY MATAS

Tenn. medical examiners’ troubling legacy — State has more than its share of issues, official says, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN); May 31, 2011; Sheila Burke

Medical examiners hindering donation in some areas, children particularly affected, study finds, Transplant News; November 30, 1994

MEDICAL EXAMINERS SOMETIMES HOLD UP ORGAN RELEASE: STUDY, Post-Tribune (IN); November 24, 1994

Postmortem: How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Deaths.(Book review), Canadian Journal of Sociology; March 22, 2007; Haggerty, Kevin D.

MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS ACCREDITATION, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; July 31, 2006

Open communication key to working with medical examiners, OPOs told, Transplant News; June 17, 1994

Medical examiners final rule released.(JOURNAL), Commercial Carrier Journal; May 1, 2012

Medical Examiners Exchange Tales at San Jose, Calif., Conference., Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; September 25, 2003

Law and order… and pathologists; In Dakota County, an intriguing argument is raised over whether medical examiners should be allowed to testify as defense experts.(NEWS), Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); March 9, 2009; Humphrey, Katie

DOT RAISES THE BAR FOR SAFETY WITH NATIONAL REGISTRY OF CERTIFIED MEDICAL EXAMINERS FINAL RULE, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; April 20, 2012

DOT publishes National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners Final Rule., Bulk Transporter (Online Exclusive); April 18, 2012

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RAISES THE BAR FOR SAFETY WITH NATIONAL REGISTRY OF CERTIFIED MEDICAL EXAMINERS FINAL RULE., States News Service; April 18, 2012

Medical examiners discuss TV counterparts, Sunday Gazette-Mail; September 28, 2003; Barbara Feder Ostrov

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, SPARROW JOIN FORCES TO TRAIN MEDICAL EXAMINERS, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; October 26, 2010

Area Medical Examiners Say They Will Not Reopen Crib Death Cases, The Washington Times (Washington, DC); July 31, 1999; Redmon, Jeremy;

TV portrayal of medical examiners hot topic at annual meeting., San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA); September 24, 2003

NAPLES ACCUSES MEDICAL EXAMINERS OF IRREGULARITIES, The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY); July 4, 1998; MARGARET HAMMERSLEY – News Staff Writer

ALMOST 2,000 MEDICAL EXAMINERS’, CORONERS’ OFFICES INVESTIGATED ABOUT ONE MILLION DEATHS IN 2004, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; June 24, 2007