Forensic medicine dissected; towards a full position for a special discipline

Forensic medicine is a unique discipline, which works for the judicial system. It als with both suspects and victims. On the one hand, forensic physicians provide care to people taken into custody by the police, and assess whether they are fit enough to be held in custody and questioned. On the other hand, it is part of their job to contribute to tracing perpetrators. Forensic physicians collect and evaluate forensic evidence in the case of sexual and physical assault. They conduct a post mortem external examination when an unnatural cause of death is presumed or when there is doubt that a person died of natural causes.