title: Titles in the medicolegal field: a proposal for reform.
abstract: One of the most readily apparent weaknesses in the field of medicolegal studies has been our inability to develop consistent and lexicographically defensible descriptive titles for the field itself. In this Article, Professor William J. Curran offers an analysis of the historical roots of the terminology which has been applied in this field over the years, an examination of current confused usage, and a proposal for reform.
mesh_terms: D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000266:history; D005858:Germany; D006666:History of Medicine; D007558:Italy; D007603:Jurisprudence / Q000266:history; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States