The chapter covers the relevant aspects of education and training of medical specialist to work in the northern territories remote from the administrative centers. The chapter reveals the problem of insufficient basic training in forensic medicine for the specialists living and working in geographically isolated areas of the Arctic zone of Russia. The author outlines the contradictions between the provisions on forensic medical training, declared educational standards, and requirements of the criminal procedures set by the Russian legislation. In the case of circumpolar territories in Russia, the author attempts to elaborate possible ways of solution of the specified problems.
On the example of practical observation, the basic principles of forensic medical assessment of the therapeutic and diagnostic process are shown in case of suspicion of improper provision of toxicological care in the case of ethylene glycol poisoning. The factors hindering the provision of toxicological care and its forensic assessment are highlighted
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