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Medical Examiners and Manner of Death
Author(s) -
Jarvis George K.,
Boldt Menno,
Butt John
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1991.tb00460.x
Subject(s) - residence , medical examiner , marital status , psychology , cause of death , race (biology) , medicine , clinical psychology , demography , social psychology , medical emergency , injury prevention , poison control , environmental health , sociology , disease , population , gender studies
An experimental study of medical examiners in Alberta, Canada, produced manner of death determinations from simulated cases (vignettes) in order to examine interexaminer variation in certification judgments. Characteristics of medical examiners such as experience, residence, and religious background were investigated. The influence of victim characteristics was also examined, including race, age, gender, marital status, cause of death, and the presence of alcohol. Experience, residence, and religion of examiner were found to be related to judgments as were gender, medical cause of death, and the presence of alcohol.