從解剖個案分析闡述獸醫法醫病理學發展之重要性

An Illustration of the Development of Veterinary Forensic Pathology Based on Retrospective Case Studies

黃威翔(Wei-Hsiang Huang) ； 劉振軒(Chen-Hsuan Liu)

《臺灣獸醫學雜誌》 38卷3期 (2012/09) Pp. 190-198

https://doi.org/10.7009/TVJ.201209.0190

摘要

隨著人類科技文明的進展，人類與動物的關係已迥異於過往，越來越多的法律相關議題可能涉及動物，也因此獸醫學於法醫學的角色也日漸重要。法醫病理學乃透過屍體解剖來查證「死亡原因（cause of death）」與「死亡機轉（mechanism of death）」。本文以回溯性研究的方法，從過往十二年間送檢至臺灣大學獸醫專業學院獸醫神經病理研究室的案例中，挑選十例，剖析其死亡原因與死亡機轉，進一步分析其在獸醫法醫病理學發展上所可能牽涉的議題。其中，涉及「醫療責任調查」者共選五例，屬於具有獸醫法醫學特殊功能之個案；從執行層面探討，檢體保存、採樣、標籤及記錄等方式，對於需要詳細查證死亡之時間、原因及機轉等涉及法律問題的獸醫法醫學，仍缺乏標準程序，此皆為獸醫法醫學未來發展之重大挑戰。

關鍵字

獸醫法醫病理學 ； 回溯研究

並列摘要

More and more law-related issues may involve animals, and thus the role of veterinarians in forensic science is increasingly gaining importance. Veterinary forensic pathology is a subject through a necropsy to decide the ”cause of death (COD)” and ”mechanism of death (MOD)”. In this retrospective study, from the 119 cases submitted to NTUVH in past 12 years, 10 cases were selected for determining the COD and the MOD, and for further analysis of the possible issues involved in the development of veterinary forensic pathology. Among these 10 cases, 8 cases having specific forensic purposes for necropsy were classified as ”investigation for medical liability”. There were some defects in existing problems for specimen sampling/preservation, labeling, and recording, which were not suitable for the forensic pathology. All of these were the challenges for the development of veterinary forensic medicine.

並列關鍵字

retrospective study ； veterinary forensic pathology