International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine
Open Access
  • Year: 1998
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 1

Introduction of the history, development and present: Status of legal medicine in China

  • Author:
  • Liao Zhigang, Wu Meiyun, Wu Jiawen
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 1 to 3

West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu-610041, China.

Abstract

The legal medicine is an ancient career in China. It has a long history and plays an important role in the development of legal medicine in the world. Recent century it draws back behind the western countries. The people who engage in this career in China often worry about the existence of this major discipline although it has developed so fast in the last decade in China. In order to enhance the confidence ofour colleagues and develop the legal medicine continuously through the glorious history of legal medicine in China.

Keywords

History, legal medicne, Forensic Medicine