Journal of Forensic Pathology

In the medical specialty of forensic pathology, experts in the medical sciences use their expertise to solve legal issues.

The following are the main responsibilities of a medicolegal system when processing deaths that fall under its purview:

• To ascertain the cause and manner of death; to identify the deceased, if unknown
• To ascertain the time of death and any injuries;
• To gather evidence from the body that can be used to confirm or refute the account of how the death occurred as well as to prove or refute an individual's guilt or innocence.
• To determine or rule out additional contributing or causing factors to the death, as well as to document any injuries or lack thereof, ascertain how the injuries occurred, document any natural diseases present, and, if the case proceeds to trial, offer expert testimony.

The following categories typically describe deaths that are brought to the attention of the medical examiner's office or the coroner: violent deaths (accidents, suicides, and homicides), suspicious deaths, sudden and unexpected deaths, deaths without a physician in attendance, and deaths in institutions. Depending on the local jurisdiction, these groups can take different forms.

Understanding Death

What was once not a problem—the definition of death—has now become one due to developments in medical research. The irreversible cessation of cardiac and/or respiratory function was once the definition of death.

Today, the equipment can keep a person's heart beating and breathe even though, if this equipment were switched off, heart and respiratory activity would stop. This gave rise to the idea of brain death. There is a wealth of literature on this subject, and there are differences between how adults and children define brain death. The medicolegal system mainly finds the declaration of a person as brain dead, with all the necessary conditions met, to be of academic interest because a case is not recorded until a physician has declared the person dead.

The only situations in which this can be problematic are when organs are harvested and brain-dead people are moved. Therefore, if organ harvesting is intended and family consent has been acquired, prior to the removal of the organs, authorization must also be obtained from the medical examiner or coroner if the case is to be a coroner's or medical examiner's case. This is due to the fact that once a person is deemed "dead," their case becomes a medicolegal one.

Cause, Manner, and Mechanism of Death

The identification of the cause and manner of death are two of the medical examiner's or coroner's office's most crucial duties. Clinicians, attorneys, and members of the general public frequently struggle to distinguish between the causes of death, mechanisms of death, and modes of death. The term "cause of death" refers to any illness or injury that causes a physiological disturbance in the body and causes the person to pass away. As a result, although they vary greatly, the following are causes of death: lung cancer, coronary atherosclerosis, gunshot wounds to the head, and stabbings to the chest.

Sudden, Unexpected Natural Death

Deaths that occur suddenly can be instantaneous, sudden but not instantaneous, or circumstances in which the person is discovered dead. When discussing abrupt death, the majority of people typically picture immediate deaths. The person who starts to complain of chest pain, breathing problems, and weakness is an example of a sudden, but not instantaneous, death. vomiting, nausea, and perspiration are followed by a collapse. The third classification of abrupt unexpected deaths exists. These are the people whose deaths were unexpected, but who was discovered dead in a potentially instantaneous manner.

Journal of Forensic Pathology

An open-access journal with a distinguished editorial board, the Journal of Forensic Pathology offers authors the chance to publish their work as a review article, research article, case report, short communication, or commentary. The articles are being prepared for peer review, where the subject matter experts offer their advice to the author in the form of review comments in order to raise the article's caliber and standard, increasing its likelihood of achieving a high impact factor.

All Professors, Pathologists, forensic scientists, researchers, and technicians are welcome to submit their work as Research articles/Review articles/ case reports, etc. The journal covers multi-dimensional research in all areas related to Forensic Nursing, Forensic Autopsy, Forensic evidence, Postmortem examination, Forensics in dermatology, forensic law, Forensic anthropology, and Forensic serology. Forensic pathology. Journal of Forensic pathology welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence.

Submission can be made online at: https://www.longdom.org/submissions/forensic-pathology.html

Or can be sent as an attachment to the mail id: forensicres@theresearchpub.com 

Reach us at +447915641605 

Journal Highlights: 

• Forensic Pathology 
• Forensic Photography 
• Ballistics and Firearms Analysis
• Pediatric Physical and Sexual Assault 
• Crime Scene Investigation 
• Forensic Odontology
• Digital evidence.
• DNA & biological evidence.
• Drugs & toxicology.
• Fingerprints and pattern evidence.
• Trace evidence.
• Criminalistics.
• Physical Anthropology.

Journal Metrics:

• ISSN: 2684-1312
• Journal h-index: 3
• Average acceptance to publication time (5-7 days)
• Average article processing time (30-45 days)