Forensic medicine in South Africa: associations between medical practice and legal case progression and outcomes in female murders.

BACKGROUND: 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 seve...

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Main Authors: Naeemah Abrahams, Rachel Jewkes, Lorna J Martin, Shanaaz Mathews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3237462?pdf=render