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Examination of human remains by forensic pathologists in the disaster victim identification context
Recommendation 009, 1st edition
Author
AAFS Standards Board, Approved American National Standard
Publication Year
2019
Thematic Area
Forensics
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Law & Policies
Topic
Emergency
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Identification
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Management of the Dead
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Recovery of remains / Excavation / Exhumation
Access
Open access
The purpose of this document is to provide best practices and guidelines regarding postmortem data collection by forensic pathologists to aid in the identification of human remains following a mass fatality incident. This document does not speak to the role forensic pathologists may have in death certification or in management of the overall operation, but rather is limited to the morgue operations role. In the absence of a specific guideline, the principle, spirit, ans intent of this document should be met.
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