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ArticleForensic science international. Synergy2024

Medicolegal death investigations on tribal lands-underrepresented or underserved?

Jeri D Ropero-Miller, Wayne J Pitts, Anum Imran, Ronny A Bell, Hope M Smiley-McDonald

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Article in Forensic science international. Synergy, 2024. 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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Jeri D Ropero-MillerRTI International, 3040 E. Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
Wayne J PittsRTI International, 3040 E. Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
Anum ImranRTI International, 3040 E. Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
Ronny A BellUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, 301 Pharmacy Lane, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 27599.
Hope M Smiley-McDonaldRTI International, 3040 E. Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.

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Abstract

Death investigation on tribal lands and of American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) people is complex and not well documented. An analysis of data from the 2018 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices (CMEC) provides a timely update on the extent of medicolegal death investigations (MDIs) on federal and state-recognized tribal lands. An estimated 150 MEC offices serve tribal lands, however, 44 % of these offices (i.e., 4 % of MEC offices) do not track cases from tribal lands separately. MEC offices with a population of 25,000 to 250,000 that serve tribal lands had more resources and access to information to perform MDIs than all other MEC offices. Analysis also indicates that the median number of unidentified human remains cases from MECs serving tribal lands is 6 times higher than that of jurisdictions not serving tribal lands. This analysis begins to elucidate gaps in the nation's understanding of MDI on tribal lands.

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American Indian/Alaska NativeMedical examiner and coronerMedicolegal death investigationMissing and unidentified personsTribal lands

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PMID38873100
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