Hello everyone, I'm Kathleen.
Welcome to Forensics Talk!
When people find out I'm a forensic nurse, I often get the same response: Oh, CSI! Well ... no, not exactly.
While I've heard the show certainly has some entertaining moments, in real life, cases aren't solved in an hour. Nor are they solved by only a handful of people managing every single aspect of the case.
Forensics is the application of science to the law and it actually encompasses many fields, many different types of investigations, and a multitude of professionals, from police and detectives to crime scene technicians; from forensic nurses and accident investigators to forensic meteorologists to medical board investigators.
It's an intricate web of professionals whose varied expertise can be paramount to the success of any one case.
No one person can stand alone. We bring together a variety of backgrounds and rely on each other to help get the job done. This is what makes this field so fascinating. Nothing is static and there is always so much to learn from each other.
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The plaintiff must have sustained some form of injury that is either physical or psychological as a consequence of the medical negligence that occurred. Even where the doctor or hospital staff have indeed acted negligently, even criminally so, you should note that with regard to the civil law, a potential plaintiff can only claim compensation for a personal injury loss or damage that he or she has in fact sustained
Posted by: Medical Negligence | January 24, 2011 at 03:53 AM