Medicolegal

Medicolegal

	CFM Services		Clinical forensic medicine is principally concerned with the provision of clinical services and medical advice particularly in the investigation of crimes and other offences.
	DNA/Paternity Services		The Molecular Biology section offers several DNA testing services including paternity testing, sibship analysis, DNA testing for immigration matters amongst other services.
	Toxicology Services		A range of toxicology services are available.
	Centre for Human ID		The Centre for Human Identification (CHI) draws on a range of specialists, including forensic anthropologists and odontologists, to provide consulting and service provision in human identification at state, national and international levels. In addition entomological services are available mainly to assist in determining time since death.
	Expert Opinion		The provision of expert opinion on medicolegal matters is often supplied by Institute staff.
	Courses		Range of courses and lectures offered by the VIFM.
	Reviewable Deaths		The Victorian Government has introduced a new system for dealing with multiple child deaths in one family. The legislation provides that where there has been a second or subsequent death of a child in a family, this death is termed a “reviewable death” and must be reported to the State Coroner. The State Coroner may refer a reviewable death case to the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (“VIFM”) for investigation.
	Clinical Liaison		This is a unique service set up to review all aspects of possible adverse events in health care institutions and address the underlying system factors that cause or contribute to these events through advice to the state coroners
	Ethics Committee		The Ethics Committee considers applications from researchers for retrieval of human tissue from autopsies performed at VIFM and for other information generated at VIFM.
	Specialist services		The VIFM provides specialist services in a variety of areas that are of interest to the medicolegal fraternity
	Publications		A number of publications and reports have been produced by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and its staff and students.