RESUMO
Post mortem examination of a dead body is carried out to gain insight into the disease process as well as for forensic application of medical knowledge. Although different specialists viz; pathologists and forensic medicine experts, carry out autopsy for these two purposes, on many occasions there may be overlap of these two fields of medicine. A comparative analysis of both these categories of autopsies, namely clinical autopsy and medico legal autopsy, is done in this article with the intention of equipping the specialists in these two fields of medicine with knowledge about the other.
RESUMO
Many a times medical officers of Armed Forces Medical Services face problems concerning policy as well as policy matters la connection with their medico-legal duties and responsibilities. This is particularly so with hospital administrators, pathologists and surgeons. Over and above, the lack of Army Orders and DG Memoranda on this topic makes one feel at a loss. The consequences of mistakes committed while performing medicolegal duties may include strictures from the courts. This article tries to list the common medicolegal problems encountered by medical officers of Armed Forces Medical Services working at different levels and in different capacities, and provides solutions for the same.
