THE FUTURE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AS A MEDICAL SPECIALTY IN GREECE AND IN THE EU

Year 2017, Volume: Volume 2 Issue: İssue 1 (1) - 2.İnternational Congress Of Forensic Toxicology, 73 - 73, 16.02.2017

Grigorios Leon

Abstract

Legal and
Forensic Medicine is the application of medical knowledge and methodology for
the resolution of legal questions and problems for individuals and society. Its
core activities are Clinical Forensic Medicine and Forensic Pathology, but
other areas of science and expertise including forensic toxicology, forensic
psychiatry, forensic genetics, forensic anthropology may be required depending
on the nature of the case.

The aim is to
confront the existing European and USA specialty programs of Legal and Forensic
Medicine and to propose e new specialty program for Greece and for the EU
according to the European documents and the national and international
bibliography. 

The new program
of Legal and Forensic Medicine has to have, as major topics the following: 1.
Thanatology and Forensic Pathology, 2. Clinical Forensic Medicine, 3. Medical
Law and related Jurisprudence. The training period should be a minimum of 4
years full-time work. Basic knowledge of Forensic Sciences and training in
laboratory has to be included. The results of this presentation should also be
useful for formulating future training objectives as forensic medicine becomes
progressively more integrated with other forensic science disciplines.

Keywords

THE FUTURE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AS A MEDICAL SPECIALTY IN GREECE AND IN THE EU

References

• Grigorios LEON President of the Hellenic Society of Forensic Medicine