Suicide Determination And The Professional Authority Of Medical Examiners Jeopardy Template

Suicide and Professional Authority/Jurisdiction of Medical Examiners	Methodology/Equivocality of Suicide	Pressure from Outside Parties/Medical Examiners and Public Health	Routine (Non)Suicide/51 Percent Rule
100 What grounds for professional authority of suicide determination do you believe holds priority when documenting a suicide?	100 "The medical examiner must second guess the deceased's mind." Should medical examiners be the sole determiners of whether or not someone is truly deceased? Considering there is more than just physical evidence.	100 What is the counterpart of the routine suicide? What does the counterpart mean?	100 The article talks about the 51 Percent Rule Suicide, what characteristics would you consider as evidence with 51% certainty that you would draw to be indeed a suicide?
200 How did coroners in Anglo-Saxon countries determine the cause and manner of death?	200 Do you believe the assumption of life crises and history of suicide affects determination of the causes of death by medical examiners?	200 What role does underlying diseases play when ruling death by suicide or by natural cause?	200 How would you explain the difference between routine suicide and routine non-suicide?
300 How were coroners once elected in the United States?	300 Should medical examination be legal when the family doesn't wish for it or it goes against religious beliefs?	300 Why is it important to have evidence reviewed by different medical examiners?	300 In the Sherlock Holmes story “The Problem of Thor Bridge”, where a woman attaches a weight to a gun and holds it over a bridge while shooting herself. After the blast, the gun falls into the river, creating the impression that the woman was shot by a fleeting assailant. Is this an example of routine suicide or routine non-suicide? Why?
400 What are the roles of a medical examiner?	400 Based on the reading, are the criteria for determining a suicide valid or effective?	400 What steps or measures do pathologist take that reflect the 51 percent rule?	400 How would you incorporate the three sociological perspectives with the reading and/or suicide (stresses social forces)?
500 How do medical examiners differ from forensic pathologists?	500 What are societal affects of the examination process regarding suicide?	500 What are some assumptions, stereotypes, and bodily functions that make it harder to determine a suicide? What are characteristics of an ‘actual’ suicide note?	500 Suicide is ranked what (number) cause of death in the U.S.?

Suicide Determination and the Professional Authority of Medical Examiners

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