Forensic Pathology News
Dr. Young will post links to news articles that interest him about
forensic pathology, medical examiners, coroners and death
investigation in this section.
Pathology in the News
- Report: Broward medical examiner grossly mishandled pain pills
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL: In Chicago, the ME loses track of bodies, but in Ft. Lauderdale, the ME allegedly loses track of pills.
- Oxycodone: A good drug gone bad steals lives
- More from Florida: Prescription narcotics like Oxycontin present a tragedy that few care to talk about.
Pathology Links
- ACCPE means Affirming the Consequent for Complex Past Events
- Whenever an expert states the past events that occurred on the basis of looking only at the physical evidence without reference to eyewitness statements, he or she is Affirming the Consequent for Complex Past Events. This is not only logically invalid and unsound, it never works in practice, Sherlock Holmes, CSI and Bones notwithstanding. Whenever ACCPE is listed in my comments to a news article, trust that the forensic pathologist has just messed up.
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- National Association of Medical Examiners
- VIRTUAL AUTOPSY
- What happens at an autopsy, shown without the blood and the bad smell.