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===Legal frame work=== | ===Legal frame work=== | ||
====General==== | |||
*In Ontario, the ''manner'' is determined by the coroner. | *In Ontario, the ''manner'' is determined by the coroner. | ||
*Coroners, in Ontario, are MDs -- usually family docs. | *Coroners, in Ontario, are MDs -- usually family docs. | ||
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NB - the word ''coroner'' is not synoymous with MD. British Columbia has coroners that aren't MDs. | NB - the word ''coroner'' is not synoymous with MD. British Columbia has coroners that aren't MDs. | ||
====Case classification (Ontario)==== | |||
Cases are classified as: | |||
*''A case'' = homicide and suspicious for homicide, (all) gunshot wounds. | |||
*''B case'' = adult, non-suspicious. | |||
*''C case'' = child, non-suspicious. | |||
Notes: | |||
*All ''A cases'' are done at regional centers by certified forensic pathologists. | |||
==Forensic triangle== | ==Forensic triangle== | ||
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*If the friend held the plastic bag over his head just a bit long to asphyxiate him... it is a ''homicide''. | *If the friend held the plastic bag over his head just a bit long to asphyxiate him... it is a ''homicide''. | ||
*If he was a lone and depressed... he might have been trying to kill himself, ergo ''suicide''. | *If he was a lone and depressed... he might have been trying to kill himself, ergo ''suicide''. | ||
==Death-related changes== | ==Death-related changes== | ||