Medicolegal Demand on Medical Certificates and Written Expert Opinions.

Park, Eui U

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Korean Journal of Legal Medicine 1997;21(2):84-89.
Published online October 31, 1997.

Medicolegal Demand on Medical Certificates and Written Expert Opinions.

Eui U Park

Department of Pathology, Kunkuk University College of Medicine Chungju, Korea.

Abstract

There are several types of medical certificates and written expert opinions (or judicial reports) which medical doctors have to issue. Author summarized medicolegal demand on medical certificates and written expert opinions separately. Kinds and items of medical certificates were listed. And 10 cases of death certificate in Japan were introduced and analyzed. About judicial reports, definition and legal background as well as general principles of framing of judicial reports including preface, examination records, explanation of results and considerations, and judicial examination and signature were also mentioned.

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