Forensic medicine in South Africa: associations between medical practice and legal case progression...
Forensic medicine in South Africa: associations between medical practice and legal case progression and outcomes in female murders
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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Forensic medicine has been largely by-passed by the tide of health systems research and evidence based medicine. Murder victims form a central part of forensic medical examiners' case load, and women murdered by intimate partners are an important subgroup, representing the most severe form and consequence of intimate partner violence. Our aim was t...
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Forensic medicine in South Africa: associations between medical practice and legal case progression and outcomes in female murders
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1312176495
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1312176495
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0028620