Talk:Coroner
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[edit] Redirect Medical Examiner
Should this article's link to "Medical Examiner" redirect to the same article of Coroner? A coroner is not the same thing as a medical examiner, and should be a separate entry.
There is now a stub entry for "Medical Examiner", and a link from this article to Medical Examiner. While there may be overlaps in their responsibilities, the two are not the same. --CarpenterSF (talk) 14:29, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Lawyer or Solicitor?
In England and Wales, wouldn't you need to be a solicitor, not a Lawyer?
[edit] Certifying deaths in Scotland?
Would anyone object to a change to the paragraph on procurators fiscal certifying ALL deaths in Scotland? They certainly don't certify all deaths but do investigate ones they are required to do so by law.
[edit] Original research and other issues
I removed various flags from this article, about disputed content, original research, references, etc., as none of the content of the article is flagged as having issues. I'm not saying that everything in the article is OK or correct, but there's nothing actionable about any of the flags, except potentially the globalization question. In that case, it's hard to do anything about the UK slant, except to refer people elsewhere to "medical examiner" or the like. That's because "coroner" is an office of specifically UK origin. That makes its content UK-slanted in the same way, for example, that an article about London, England, is UK-oriented.
[edit] Qualifications for Coroners
In the UK however, all one needs is a basic medical degree and no further training whatsoever, which has led to many miscarriages of justice
I cannot comment on the miscarriages of justice comment (although coroners are not entitled to punish or indeed in any way apportion blame in England; they hold an inquest and then deliver a verdict of what they believe caused the death based on evidence from witnesses and statements/reports) but to be a coroner, you certainly need more than a basic medical degree and no further training! As, indeed, the section below confirms - you need either a law or medical degree, plus five years' practice (and, in the case of medics, a further legal qualification).
Whrrivers (talk) 21:05, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
- I noticed this too. I'm working on editing this article right now. What they meant to say (hopefully!) is that you need not be a pathologist; you only need the medical degree, not the further years of residencies etc. in pathology, to be a coroner. — Skittleys (talk) 20:25, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Sigh
Why medical examiner is redirected to here i will never know, particularly because in most countries and states they are two completely differnt things.... OgiBear (talk) 18:31, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Counterparts in Other Countries?
Please could somebody who has the knowledge to do it provide either a section in this article, or cross-links to other articles, to explain what counterparts coroners have in countries that *don't* have English-style coroners? It would be interesting to know how other countries handle the questions that coroners handle; adding the information would give the article a broader scope; and the article wouldn't then leave the distinct impression that, in countries where there are no coroners, nobody cares much about the dead or how they became dead! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.225.21.78 (talk) 19:34, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
