Davison A M, McFarlane J H, Clark J C
Department of Forensic Medicine and Science, University of Glasgow.
Med Sci Law. 1998 Oct;38(4):283-8. doi: 10.1177/002580249803800403.
Scotland and England are part of the United Kingdom but have separate legal systems. These legal differences have a substantial effect on forensic pathology practice, and are probably best appreciated by those pathologists who have worked on both sides of the border. This paper seeks to highlight the differences in forensic pathology practice between Scotland and England, discussing the investigation of death in both countries. It concludes that a knowledge of the Scottish procurator fiscal system of death investigation may be beneficial to those contemplating changes to the coroner system. All three authors have practised forensic pathology in Scotland and England or Wales.
苏格兰和英格兰是联合王国的一部分，但有着各自独立的法律体系。这些法律差异对法医病理学实践有着重大影响，或许只有那些在边境两侧都工作过的病理学家才能最深刻地体会到这一点。本文旨在突出苏格兰和英格兰在法医病理学实践方面的差异，探讨两国对死亡事件的调查情况。结论是，了解苏格兰死因调查的检察官财政制度可能会对那些考虑改革死因裁判官制度的人有所帮助。三位作者都在苏格兰以及英格兰或威尔士从事过法医病理学工作。
