What is the best thing about being a forensic pathologist?
It might seem strange for a doctor to be working on the dead! But ultimately, that is not what a forensic pathologist does. Forensic pathology is about the living. It is about understanding the risks and hazards of everyday life, and identifying what happens to people when they die in order to identify factors which have caused death that can be prevented. Forensic pathologists are able to identify design features of machinery that cause particular injuries that have proven fatal, they can identify diseases caused by exposure to substances in the workplace or in the home, they can discover diseases caused by genetic factors that may have implications for the surviving family members, and they can help to inform governments about the incidents of disease, and accidents and injuries within the community. Most people think of forensic pathology as doctors investigating murders, but in reality that is a very small, although very important part of what we do. The criminal justice system nee
