Public health reforms and the mortality decline in nineteenth‐century Italy
Abstract This study examines the impact of Italy's 1887–8 health reforms on mortality, contributing to the historical debate on the state's role in Europe's health transition. Leveraging event‐study‐style difference‐in‐differences approach, we assess the effectiveness of the Crispi–Pagliani reforms, which strengthened public health governance and ...
Francesco Maria Salvatore Fiore Melacrinis +1 more
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The vulnerable and intimidated witness: a socio-legal analysis of special measures [PDF]
The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (YJCEA; 1999) concerns vulnerable and intimidated witnesses (VIW); literature suggests these are not identified in the early stages of most criminal investigations, and trials.
Ewin, Robert
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Investigating mortuary services in hospital settings [PDF]
Changes to the retention of human tissues and Department of Health guidance on good practice have resulted in the extension of the role of Anatomical Pathology Technologists (APTs).
Komaromy, Carol, Woodthorpe, Kate
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Educational Case: Death Certification and the Role of the Medical Examiner/Coroner [PDF]
The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology.
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Application of geographical information system (GIS) for mapping road traffic injuries using existing source of data in Karachi, Pakistan--a pilot study [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of using Geographical Information System for mapping of road traffic injuries with an existing data source in a developing country.
Jalal, Sabeena +2 more
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Technology uses among medical examiner and coroner (MEC) offices in the United States are not well characterized, yet technology is essential to job-performing duties. Resources, operational infrastructure, and MECs' policies and procedures that affect technology use should be better understood.
Liat C. Weinstein +5 more
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SELLING ORGANS: THE ANSWER TO THE BURGEONING ORGAN DEFICIT [PDF]
Despite the outwardly strong controversy of compensating donors for their organs, it is apparent that, at the very least, the federal government, the primary entity that can effect change and ameliorate the lack of supply of transplantable organs, has ...
James, Christopher
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Introduction: The Effects of Selection Method on Public Officials [PDF]
State and local governments have long struggled to design optimal mechanisms for selecting public officials. Centuries of experimentation have left us with several techniques: election (partisan or otherwise), political appointment, or selection by some ...
Masterman, Clayton J.
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A Reference Guide for Certification of Deaths Associated With Pregnancy on Death Certificates [PDF]
This reference guide provides physicians, medical examiners, coroners, and other medical certifiers with specific recommendations and examples of documenting different types of deaths associated with pregnancy.20222022-03-23T00:00 ...
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Applicability of virtopsy in veterinary practice: a short review [PDF]
Virtopsy is a new and rapidly evolving non-invasive autopsy procedure involving the use of modern imagingmodalities. It basically consists of three-dimensional body surface scanning by photogrammetry, multi-slicecomputed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic ...
Abu Bakar @ Zakaria, Md Zuki +2 more
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