Cause & manner of death assignment | Medical and Legal Investigations | University of Maryland University College

 Instructions

Please provide short answers to the questions should be written in paragraph form.  

1. What is the difference between the cause and manner of death?
2. Is consent from the legal Next of Kin required for a forensic autopsy?
3. What is a virtual autopsy?
4. What is the basic purpose of a body farm?

Format Requirements

• Paper must be double spaced, 11 or 12 pt font and 1” margins all around.
• All APA 7th edition format requirements must be followed (cover page, in text citations, reference page). Refer to APA/UMGC – learning resources found in the content page of this course.
• You must have resources to support your thoughts/opinions/information.  These must be cited both in text as well as at the end of the document. Your paper should not contain direct quotes, sourced material must be paraphrased.