TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Reform of the coroner system: a potential public health failure
JO  - Journal of public health (Oxford)
A1  - McGowan, C. R.
A1  - Viens, A. M.
SP  - 427
EP  - 430
VL  - 32
IS  - 3
N2  - The Coroners and Justice Act (2009) represents the latest in a long series of legislative and policy measures aimed at reforming the coroner system. Unfortunately, the Act represents a continued failure to recognize that the legal orientation of the coroner system threatens its capability to contribute to adequate cause-specific disease surveillance and, in doing so, to fulfil its proper role in a public health system.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1741-3842
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdq015
ID  - ref1
ER  -