[Reasons why the quality of medico-legal autopsy in the medical tangle varies from two areas].
OBJECTIVE
To study reasons that the quality of medico-legal autopsy in the medical tangle varies from different area.


METHODS
Collecting the cases of medical tangle in two medico-legal agencies, then counting percent of classes on the ten key-points, analyzing the data of the cases by chi-square test and t-test.


RESULTS
It is indicated that the applied methods and standards of the two agencies are different. There are more different in seven keypoint of medicolegal autopsy by chi-square test.


CONCLUSIONS
Six key-points are found to be more important to medico-legal appraiser, standardization of forensic autopsy, standardization of picking up specimen from the body, diagnosis standardization of the cause of death, consultation system and standardization of writing documents on medico-legal autopsy.
Liu
Yan
Y
Department of medicolegal, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong Science and Technology University, Wuhan 430030, China.
Zhu
Chuan-hong
CH
Huang
Guang-zhao
GZ
Yue
Hong
H
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D002423:Cause of Death; D003334:Coroners and Medical Examiners / Q000193:education*; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice; D019300:Medical Errors; D011786:Quality Control