INTRODUCTION

• Jurisdiction: Australia

[41.100] Introduction

Clinical forensic medicine is the application of the principles and practice of clinical medicine to the needs of the law. The term "clinical" implies a service to the living and this separates this field from that of forensic pathology. In reality, the practice of forensic medicine and forensic pathology have considerable overlap, the distinct difference being whether the patient or client is living or dead: Payne-James et al (2003). The terms "clinical forensic medicine" and...