Medical Jurisprudence

Medical jurisprudence or legal medicine is the branch of science and medicine involving the study and application of scientific and medical knowledge to legal problems, such as inquests, and in the field of law. As modern medicine is a legal creation, regulated by the state, and medicolegal cases involving death, rape, paternity, etc. require a medical practitioner to produce evidence and appear as an expert witness, these two fields have traditionally been interdependent.
Forensic medicine, which includes forensic pathology, is a narrower field that involves collection and analysis of medical evidence (samples) to produce objective information for use in the legal system.
Medical jurisprudence is concerned with a broad range of medical, legal, and ethical issues, as well as human rights and rights of individuals.

Physicians have a duty to act in their patients' best interest and can be charged in a court of law if they fail to do so. On the other hand, a physician may be required to act in the interest of third party if his patient is a danger to others. Failure to do so may lead to legal action against the physician.

Medical jurisprudence includes:

i) Questions of the legal and ethical duties of physicians.
ii) Questions of competence or sanity in civil or criminal proceedings.
iii) Questions of competence of minors in matters affecting their own health
iv) Questions of lawful fitness or safety to drive a motor vehicle, pilot an aeroplane, use scuba gear, play certain sports, or to join certain occupations.
v) Assessment of illness or injuries that may be work-related.
vi) Assessment of injuries of minors that may relate to neglect or abuse; vii) Certification of death or else the assessment of possible causes of death.

This, however, is the more commonly understood, albeit narrow, meaning of forensic medicine.
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