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The investigation into sudden unexpected and unnatural deaths supports criminal justice, aids in litigation, and provides important information for public health, including surveillance, epidemiology, and prevention programs. The use of mortality data to convey trends can inform policy development and resource allocations. Hence, data practices and data management systems in forensic medicine are critical. This study scoped literature and described the body of knowledge on data management and practice systems in forensic medicine. Five steps of the methodological framework of Arksey and O’Malley guided this scoping review. A combination of keywords, Boolean terms, and medical subject headings was used to search PubMed, EBSCOhost (CINAHL with full text and Health Sources), Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, WorldCat, and Google Scholar for peer review papers in English from June 18–24 of 2020, with an updated search also occurring in November 2021. This study included ... (Full article...)
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