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ERIC Number: EJ434112
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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Medical Examiners and Manner of Death.
Jarvis, George K.; And Others
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v21 n2 p115-33 Sum 1991
Experimental study of medical examiners produced manner of death determinations from simulated cases to examine interexaminer variation in certification judgments. Found that experience, residence, and religious background of examiner were related to judgments as were victim characteristics of gender, medical cause of death, and the presence of alcohol. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Attribution Theory, Death, Experience, Foreign Countries, Physicians, Place of Residence, Religion, Sex
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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