Editorial. Examines the coroner's service in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and discusses possible reforms. Number of former British colonies that have scrapped the coroner's system for use of the medical examiner's system; Details of judicial inquiry into Great Britain's coroner service,...
The lethal virus, isolated from brain tissue at autopsy, was not the classical rabies virus but a closely related negative stranded RNA virus, the European bat lyssavirus type 2.1 The genus lyssavirus, named after the Greek for "frenzy," includes the......
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An independent review of death certification in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, established in 2001 and chaired by Tom Luce, reported in June 2003 with detailed recommendations for a comprehensive reform of both systems, underpinned by a change to a full-time coroner service, and the ...