A Concise History of Forensic Medicine in the Czech Republic

• Authors: HIRT Miroslav; STREJC Přemysl; KRAJSA Jan; HEJNA Petr; CÍSAŘOVÁ Olga; DVOŘÁK Miroslav; HLADÍK Jiří; SOKOL Miloš; KLÍR Přemysl; BERAN Michal; FIALKA Jiří; KUBIŠTA Pavel; VOREL František; DVOŘÁČEK Igor; MACHÁČEK Rudolf; TOUPALÍK Pavel
• Year of publication: 2013
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Acta Medico-Historica Adriatica
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Web: http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=163702
• Field: Other medical specializations
• Keywords: history; forensic medicine; forensic sciences; legal medicine; Czech Republic
• Description: This paper presents the most important historical facts about all forensic medicine workplaces in the Czech Republic since the beginning till present day, including a perspective on how to establish a new one. Each of the University Forensic Medicine Institutes or district Departments is covered by at least one author. The oldest institute is in Prague and in Brno, the youngest is in Pardubice.