Disciplines and Occupations

Forensic Medicine

The application of medical knowledge to questions of law.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The application of medical knowledge to questions of law.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Medicine, Forensic
  • Legal Medicine
  • Medicine, Legal

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

for crime or identification: differentiate from JURISPRUDENCE, usually civil suits; for human identification of skeletal remains HUMAN IDENTIFICATION see FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY is available; for human identification by teeth see FORENSIC DENTISTRY; note other specific forensic terms are also available

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History Note

65; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74; was heading 1963-64

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Forensic Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005554. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005554
  2. Forensic Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_jurisprudence
  3. Forensic Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454812