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Medicina Legal de Costa Rica Historia, actualidad y proyección a futuro / Legal Medicine in Costa Rica. History, current affairs and future projection
Vega Zúñiga, Franz; Chacón Barquero, Lawrence; Villalobos León, Kennette.
  • Vega Zúñiga, Franz; Poder Judicial. Departamento de Medicina Legal, Heredia. CR
  • Chacón Barquero, Lawrence; Poder Judicial. Departamento de Medicina Legal. Sección de Patología Forense. Heredia. CR
  • Villalobos León, Kennette; Departamento de Medicina Legal Garabito. Unidad Médico Legal de Garabito. CR
Med. leg. Costa Rica ; 36(2): 127-165, sep.-dic. 2019. tab, graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-1040453
RESUMEN
Resumen Desde la década de los sesenta del siglo anterior, el esfuerzo del Dr. Adolfo Acosta Guzmán, dio sus frutos para que Costa Rica emprendiera el entretejimiento del derecho con la medicina, instaurando formalmente la Medicina Legal de manera institucional y educativa. En la actualidad los Departamentos de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses se encuentran ubicados en la Ciudad Judicial, San Joaquín de Flores, en Heredia; con descentralización de sus servicios por medio de casi veinte Unidades Médico Legales en todo el país. Es importante destacar que en nuestro país, la Medicina Legal funciona en un departamento distinto al Departamento de Ciencias Forenses, toda vez que ambos tienen un Jefe Departamental con independencia uno de otro, y que se deben ambos a la Dirección General del Organismo de Investigación Judicial. La mística y profesionalismo de más de cien profesionales en medicina legal y disciplinas afines ha permitido un sólido sistema para la diaria valoración de pericias en áreas como valoración de daño corporal en materia penal y laboral, delitos sexuales, violencia doméstica, patología forense, psiquiatría forense, odontología forense, antropología forense y muchas otras. Este artículo aborda la historia y actualidad de la Medicina Legal en Costa Rica, sus alcances y proyecciones.
ABSTRACT
Abstract Since the sixties of the previous century, the efforts of Dr. Adolfo Acosta Guzmán, paid off for Costa Rica to undertake the interweaving of law with medicine, formally establishing Legal Medicine in an institutional and educational way. At present, the Departments of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences are located in a place named Ciudad Judicial, San Joaquin de Flores, in Heredia; with decentralization of its services through almost twenty Legal Medical Units throughout the country. It is important to note that in our country, Legal Medicine works in a Department other than the Department of Forensic Sciences, both have a Departmental Chief independently of each other, and that both are due to the General Directorate of the Judicial Investigation Agency . The mysticism and professionalism of more than one hundred professionals in legal medicine and related disciplines has allowed a solid system for the daily assessment of expertise in areas such as assessment of permanent impairment in criminal and labor matters, sexual assault crimes, domestic violence, forensic pathology, forensic psychiatry, forensic dentistry, forensic anthropology and many others. This article addresses the history and current affairs of Legal Medicine in Costa Rica, its scope and projections.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Costa Rica / Forensic Sciences / Forensic Pathology / Forensic Medicine / History of Medicine Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Central America / Costa Rica Language: Spanish Journal: Med. leg. Costa Rica Journal subject: Jurisprudence Year: 2019 Type: Article Affiliation country: Costa Rica Institution/Affiliation country: Departamento de Medicina Legal Garabito/CR / Poder Judicial/CR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Costa Rica / Forensic Sciences / Forensic Pathology / Forensic Medicine / History of Medicine Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Central America / Costa Rica Language: Spanish Journal: Med. leg. Costa Rica Journal subject: Jurisprudence Year: 2019 Type: Article Affiliation country: Costa Rica Institution/Affiliation country: Departamento de Medicina Legal Garabito/CR / Poder Judicial/CR