The Real CSI: Forensic Pathology and Death Investigation

CSI television programs with their medical examiners have introduced the public to all causes of death. Dr. Judy Melinek is a forensic pathologist practicing forensic medicine in San Francisco and Alameda County, California, as well as an Associate Clinical Professor of Pathology at the UCSF Medical Center. She explores the differences between medical examiner and a coroner and looks at some real world cases. Warning: Some of the images are graphic. Recorded on 03/19/2014. [Show ID: 27893] Please Note: Knowledge about health and medicine is constantly evolving. This information may become out of date. More from: UCSF Medical Mysteries: Inside the Mind of Great Physicians ()