Reform of the coroner system: a potential public health failure

The Coroners and Justice Act (2009) represents the latest in a long series of legislative and policy measures aimed at reforming the coroner system. Unfortunately, the Act represents a continued failure to recognize that the legal orientation of the coroner system threatens its capability to contrib...

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Published inJournal of public health (Oxford, England) Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 427 - 430
Main Authors McGowan, C.R., Viens, A.M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Oxford University Press 01.09.2010
Subjects
Capabilities
communicable diseases
Coroners
Coroners and Medical Examiners - legislation & jurisprudence
England
government and law
Health Care Reform
Humans
Public Health
Reforms
Surveillance
Wales
England
Wales
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Summary:The Coroners and Justice Act (2009) represents the latest in a long series of legislative and policy measures aimed at reforming the coroner system. Unfortunately, the Act represents a continued failure to recognize that the legal orientation of the coroner system threatens its capability to contribute to adequate cause-specific disease surveillance and, in doing so, to fulfil its proper role in a public health system.
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ISSN:1741-3842
1741-3850
DOI:10.1093/pubmed/fdq015