Coroners rejecting excited delirium as cause of police-related deaths

Описание: Excited delirium has been used to explain why hundreds of people have died in police custody. Doctors have argued the term is unscientific and used to protect officers from being held accountable, and a major shift is underway to reject it as a cause of death.

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