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__**15 Facts:**__ > Collaborative investigation e.g. body identification work with forensic odontologists (dentists) and physical anthropologists. >
 * 1) Pathology is a medical specialty concerned with the study of disease.
 * 2) The main way pathologists study disease is by conducting an autopsy
 * 3) By definition, therefore, forensic pathology primarily relates to the study of disease within a legal context.
 * 4) The roles and responsibilities of the forensic pathologist include: Determining cause of death
 * 5) The roles and responsibilities of the forensic pathologist include: Forensic examination of the body (external/internal/clothing)
 * 6) The roles and responsibilities of the forensic pathologist include: Examining post mortem wounds & Injuries
 * 7) The roles and responsibilities of the forensic pathologist include: Collaborative evidence collection e.g. blood, hair, semen samples passed to criminalists, toxicologists etc for specialist analysis
 * 8) The roles and responsibilities of the forensic pathologist include: Acting as an expert witness in civil/criminal proceedings
 * 9) In respect of enquiries into suspicious, sudden or unexpected deaths, forensic pathologists will often work in conjunction with the appointed medical/legal representative of the area in which the investigation is taking place.
 * 10) In England and Wales this will be the Coroner, in Scotland the Procurator Fiscal and in the United States, the Coroner or the Medical examiner.
 * 11) The American Academy of Forensic Sciences notes that examining patterns of injury in the living, as well as the deceased is emerging as another very important role for the forensic pathologist
 * 12) Referred to as clinical forensic pathology this role is particularly relevant in child and elder abuse cases.
 * 13) The roles and responsibilities of the forensic pathologist include: Identifying absense/presence of disease from tissue samples
 * 14) The roles and responsibilities of the forensic pathologist include:
 * 1) i.e. a comprehensive surgical examination of the deceased.