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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0026-1742</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Facultad de Medicina (México)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Fac. Med. (Méx.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0026-1742</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0026-17422014000500020</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Importancia de la Medicina Legal en la práctica médica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Importance of Legal Medicine in medical practice]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Garduza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ismael]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Secretaría de Salud del Gobierno del Distrito Federal Unidad Departamental de Medicina Legal ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ DF]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2014</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2014</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>57</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>20</fpage>
<lpage>31</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0026-17422014000500020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0026-17422014000500020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0026-17422014000500020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La Medicina Legal es parte del plan de estudios de la carrera de Medicina, sin embargo, debido a un error en su definición, porque se considera equivalente a la Medicina Forense, ha favorecido que no se identifique claramente qué es, cuáles son sus objetivos y, por lo tanto, su importancia en el ejercicio médico-clínico, por lo que en este artículo se precisa su concepto, funciones y diferencias con la Medicina Forense, para que su aplicación en la práctica médica sea correcta, sobre todo porque al lograrse estos propósitos, el profesional de la Medicina podrá delimitar el ejercicio de su práctica profesional al saber qué es lo que puede y debe hacer, garantizando su seguridad jurídica, porque evitará juicios por mala práctica médica; además, la Medicina Legal lo capacita para conocer el sistema procesal penal acusatorio (juicios orales), para que pueda participar como perito.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Legal Medicine is part of the curriculum of a medical career, however, due to an error in its definition (since it is considered equivalent to forensics) has promoted the general unclear notion about what it is, what their goals are and, therefore, its importance in the medical-clinical practice. Therefore, in this article the concept of Legal Medicine, its functions and differences with forensics are defined, because all of them are required for its application in medical practice to be correct. This is especially important since the achievement of these purposes allows the medical professional to define the course of his professional practice knowing then what he can and should do, ensuring legal certainty (it will prevent medical malpractice lawsuits). In addition, Legal Medicine enables him to know the adversarial criminal justice system (oral trials), in order to participate as an expert.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Medicina Legal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Medicina Forense]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ámbito pericial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Legal Medicine]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Forensic Medicine]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[expert level]]></kwd>
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