Duration of death investigations that proceed to inquest in Australia

Duration of death investigations that proceed to inquest in Australia

BACKGROUND Recent government inquiries in several countries have identified the length of time it takes coroners to investigate deaths due to injury and other unnatural causes as a major problem. Delays undermine the integrity of vital statistics and adversely affect the deceased's family and others with interests in coroners' findings. Little is publicly known about the extent, nature and caus...

Napoleon's death. An inquest

Deposition at the Adjourned Inquest on Death of Four Firewatchers

THE room had four windows, which could be opened, and(a wall ventilator; on the night of the tragedly the windows were shut. The question was, suppose the gas stove was burnintg, could the men have died from suffocation clue to insufficient ventilation? Io answer this question the following test was devise(l. Two extra stoves, similar pattern to that already there, were to be installed in the f...

From inquest to insight.

BACKGROUND In March 1995, The Chief Medical Examiner, Province of Manitoba, ordered an inquest into the deaths of 12 children who died in 1994 while undergoing or shortly after having undergone cardiac surgery at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The inquest spanned over five years, and resulted in almost 50,000 pages of transcript, including the testimony of more than 80 wi...

Impact of coronial investigations on manner and cause of death determinations in Australia, 2000-2007.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the changes in the understanding of the manner and cause of death occurring during the course of coronial investigations. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of deaths reported to coroners in Australia between 1 July 2000 and 31 December 2007, using the National Coroners Information System. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES (i) Manner of death (natural, external, unknown); (ii) intent c...