Archiv für Kriminologie
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The bodies of 2 young men were discovered in the hut of a small garden plot. Due to the unclear circumstances of the deaths, a coroner's inquest was ordered. ⋯ At first the source of carbon monoxide was not detectable. According to the reconstruction of the fatal event, the only possible source of carbon monoxide was the charcoal grill found in the hut.
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Archiv für Kriminologie · Mar 1997
[Errors in autopsy in Germany. Results of a multicenter study (II)].
In the result of a workshop held in Münster on 1st May 1993, 23 institutes of legal medicine in Germany reported death cases where the primary supposition was natural death or a death without legal relevance, but where the autopsies by chance revealed an unnatural death or a death with legal relevance. In the institutes participating in the study 13,000 autopsies were performed during the period of the reports, i.e. 75% of all legal autopsies performed in one year in Germany. A total of 92 "discoveries by chance" were reported where a natural death was given on the death certificate after the external examination of the corpse among them 49 accidents, 10 homicides, and 19 deaths by medical implications. ⋯ In face of this emphasis must placed on the historical demands of criminologists and forensic pathologists: reinforced education and further education of medical students and doctors in the field of the external examination of corpses. Introduction of a specialized medical external examination of corpses Adherence to the 3 classical classifications of the manner of death: natural, unnatural and unclear on the death certificate. Increased number of autopsies.