What is the difference between a medical examiner and forensic pathologist?
Answer:
FP as an abbreviation contained by medicine refers to Family Practice not Forensic Pathologist.
The medical examiner is usually an legitimate title of a medical doctor for the county (or region) who investigates suspicious death or illnesses. He may be a pathologist or not. They are habitually elected officials (like coroner) or may be appointed by the governor.
The Forensic Pathologist is a medical doctor who take special training in the forensic (legal evidence) aspects of injuries, illnesses and death.
There is not distinction between live, ill or late patients.
They are both doctors.
A coroner does not need to be a doctor contained by all jurisdiction and one person can be adjectives three (he can have adjectives three titles).
forensic path is a specific medical board specialty...medical examiner is a mission title, usually hired by a county or court circuit, may or may not be an FP
Medical examiner can examine live specimens, but a pathologist specializes in motionless specimens.
The forensic pathologist: is licenced to do dead bodies.
The medical examiner: can do any!