Review article by Mount Sinai physician and colleagues gives an overview of their role in public health, family support, and the justice system
Forensic pathologists play a unique role in monitoring and responding to public health threats and advancing our understanding of human disease and injury, according to a new review article published July 2 in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Recognizing that there is little understanding about this key medical subspecialty among the public and even among physicians, the journal asked several forensic pathology leaders to write an overarching review of the field.