TY - JOUR
T1 - Forensic medicine in Israel
AU - Hiss, J.
AU - Kahana, T.
AU - Arensburg, B.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - We discuss the Israeli medicolegal system, which is rooted in remnants of British jurisprudence. Forensic services for the entire country and the occupied territories (Judea and Samaria), and now the Palestinian Autonomy (Gaza Strip and Jericho), are supplied by one central institute located in Tel Aviv. That organization, the L. Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine, is a department of the Ministry of Health and has academic affiliation with the University of Tel Aviv. About 2,000 necroscopic examinations are performed annually, and the types of cases encountered in the forensic practice in Israel are noted. The academic and research activities of the Institute's staff are described, with emphasis on collaboration with overseas forensic scientists. The modem history of the country is reflected in the chronicle of the evolution of its forensic medicine.
AB - We discuss the Israeli medicolegal system, which is rooted in remnants of British jurisprudence. Forensic services for the entire country and the occupied territories (Judea and Samaria), and now the Palestinian Autonomy (Gaza Strip and Jericho), are supplied by one central institute located in Tel Aviv. That organization, the L. Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine, is a department of the Ministry of Health and has academic affiliation with the University of Tel Aviv. About 2,000 necroscopic examinations are performed annually, and the types of cases encountered in the forensic practice in Israel are noted. The academic and research activities of the Institute's staff are described, with emphasis on collaboration with overseas forensic scientists. The modem history of the country is reflected in the chronicle of the evolution of its forensic medicine.
KW - Israel
KW - autopsy
KW - history
KW - medicolegal system
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U2 - 10.1097/00000433-199706000-00009
DO - 10.1097/00000433-199706000-00009
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AN - SCOPUS:0030913466
SN - 0195-7910
VL - 18
SP - 154
EP - 157
JO - American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
JF - American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
IS - 2
ER -