Why a Death Investigation May Involve Two Offices
The Institute of Medicine’s 2003 workshop described referral systems in which a coroner sends a case to a medical examiner for autopsy. This arrangement can produce records from more than one office for the same case.
One record may document the referral and circumstances, while the autopsy report describes the examination. Identifying which office produced each record helps readers follow how information moved through the case.
Institute of Medicine, Medicolegal Death Investigation System (2003), p. 9
