differences between medical examiner coroner
Coroner vs. medical examiner. Definitions. Medical examiner: An appointed medically qualified officer whose duty is to investigate deaths and bodily injuries that occur under unusual or suspicious circumstances, to perform post-mortems, and sometimes to initiate inquests.
Coroner. 1  A coroner is elected for the job by voting, and can be anyone from an 18 year old student to a 60 year old citizen. 2  A coroner may or may not be required to have any medical qualification, since he does not delve very deeply into the cause of the death, by performing autopsies.