Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-45

An analytical approach to clinical forensic evaluations of asylum seekers: The Healthright International Human Rights Clinic (Article)

Stadtmauer G.J.* , Singer E. , Metalios E.
  • a Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, United States
  • b Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, United States
  • c Departments of Medicine and Social and Community Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 305 East 161 Street, Bronx, NY 10451, United States

Abstract

Healthright International, formerly Doctors of the World-USA, has for the past 15 years trained clinicians to perform forensic medical evaluations of torture survivors. As the burden of proof in asylum cases in the United States has increased, so has the scrutinizing of the evidence presented. We present a series of cases in which the scars themselves bear testimony to the applicant's case, bolstering the importance of photography in these cases. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine.

Author Keywords

Asylum Clinical forensics Scar Scar pattern Torture

Index Keywords

medical assessment refugee Wounds and Injuries human Refugees Cicatrix torture survivor Forensic Pathology United States forensic medicine Humans New York male female Ambulatory Care Facilities scar clinical article Article health care organization photography analytic method Torture
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-71549171387&doi=10.1016%2fj.jflm.2009.07.010&partnerID=40&md5=a3901aca0144dc8ffe170cb74b5c64c9
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.07.010
ISSN: 1752928X
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English