1Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029. E-mail: opmurty@hotmail.com.
2Forensic Pathology Services, Department of Health and Welfare, Limpopo Province, Post Box No. 1944, Polwokwane, 0700, South Africa. E-mail: drblkbhootra@yahoo.com.
It is observed that medico-legal working at most of the centers remain unaudited due to a variety of reasons. Most of the people, as a general trend show disinterest in Clinical Forensic and Postmortem work due to unending queries and time consumption. Some do not follow any basic guideline and frame their own arbitrary criteria about it. It is felt that at least there should be minimum check list and guideline for these work. It is agreed that maximum ‘best’ does not has any limit, but ‘minimum’, one can decide as a hospital policy. This article is aimed to bring uniformity in work pattern and reporting as law is the last to change. Science progresses every day, but in medico-legal works things are standard and routine, so these can be squarely dealt. In Forensic Work the situations of MLC and PM are well known so Standard Format and Their checking pints can be easily prescribed with the caution as this is minimum, maximum there is no limit. An attempt has been made to high light the need and demand. This article provide a check list who believe to improve and wish to imbibe minimum.
Auditing of MLC, auditing of Postmortem examination reports, control check of forensic work, poor medico-legal work, supervision, record audit
