The King’s Birthday honours: The amazing career of medicine’s Guardian of the Dead
Forty years ago, Emeritus Professor Roger Byard was working as a hospital pathology registrar with an interest in forensics when he was tasked with performing…
Tag: Forensic medicine
Medical autonomy? Prison doctor barred from jail by Tasmania’s prison boss
No-one doubts that doctors working in the prison system are doing a tough job, but it is not simply about the depth and complexity of…
I’ve seen the harms caused when doctors treat their own
I started my career as a rural proceduralist, and it was one of my mentors back then who informed me that, if you don’t treat…
A new era in forensic medicine – the changes set to improve outcomes for sexual assault survivors
As a medical practitioner and specialist administrator, I joined the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine last year with much anticipation, yet limited knowledge of the…
‘Jail isn’t like what you see on Netflix’: GP turned top prison doctor
Fifteen years ago, Dr Stephen Hampton left his thriving GP practice because he was missing what he calls the “bigger picture stuff”. His early career had…
Podcast: Something to satisfy your morbid fascination with forensic pathology
For those fascinated with death and the ways in which people die, a new podcast series delves into the case files of a veteran forensic…
Most insulin overdose deaths are actually suicides, study shows
Forensic data reveal a consistent rate of suicide among people with diabetes, not all of whom had a history of depression.
Alarm over public autopsy of COVID-19 patient: US
Up to 70 people forked out $676 to watch the live dissection in a hotel ballroom in Portland, Oregon.
‘Men kill their wives and some have no idea what happened’
Dr Sophie Ping reflects on memorable moments as a forensic doctor helping survivors of crime.
Trial results ‘a milestone’ for paedophilia treatment
Androgen deprivation drug reduces risk of offending, researchers say.
