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ArticleForensic science international. Synergy2021

Increasing engagement of forensic pathologists with the public on social media: Could there be room for live broadcasts?

Ken Obenson

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Article in Forensic science international. Synergy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ken ObensonDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Saint John Regional Hospital (Horizon Health Network), 400 University Avenue, Saint John, NB, E2L 4L2, USA.
Health Net · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In order to protect decedent privacy and to avoid the gratuitous use of photographs of death scenes and injuries by non-practitioners, professional meetings of forensic pathologists are never broadcast live to an audience beyond immediate conference attendees. However there may be topics of general interest which do not require censorship and to which outside viewers could be invited. Given the COVID19 pandemic and the need for virtual conferencing, it may be time to reconsider lifting this restriction for certain subject matter. Several platforms exist for live social media broadcasts which enable the broadcaster to exercise direct control over their content without having to go through an intermediary. When fully exploited, these live broadcasts could be of considerable value as another vehicle with which to educate the public about forensic pathology, an opportunity to promote forensic research and most important a recruiting tool to address critical manpower shortages.

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Forensic meetingsLive-broadcastsPublicSocial media

Identifiers

PMID33392491
PMCPMC7773571
OpenAlexW3107423163

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