Long-Term Care Survey Alert
What Do You Think?:
Forensic Fiction Or Fact
Published on Thu Mar 01, 2007 
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Can a wound tell you exactly when it occurred?
If you think an expert can look at a wound or picture of a wound and pinpoint the time it occurred, you may have been misled by forensic TV shows.
The rest of the story: No science exists to allow you to observe a wound or picture of a wound to determine the date of injury, says forensic nurse expert Daniel J. Sheridan, PhD, RN, FNE-A, FAAN, associate professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
"You can tell by a photo or observation that a wound is relatively new versus relatively old," he adds. "But it won't tell you the exact time or shift when the wound occurred."
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