ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 3

The Physician Assistant as Forensic Investigator
Hirsch, CS
Chief medical examiner, Officer of the Medical Examiner, Suffolk County, NY

Wright, WK
Forensic investigator, Office of the Medical Examiner, Suffolk County, NY

(Received 25 July 1986; accepted 14 October 1986)

Abstract

Physician assistants are employed as forensic investigators at the Office of the Medical Examiner, Suffolk County, New York. We describe the educational qualifications of physician assistants and their valuable role in forensic medicine in Suffolk County.

Keywords:
forensic science, criminalistics, medical personnel, education

Paper ID: JFS12414J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12414J
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