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Joan Wood
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Joan Wood served as a medical examiner in Pinellas County and Pasco County in central west Florida. Wood was medical examiner in the case of Lisa McPherson, later relinquishing her Florida medical license under pressure by the state when she changed her findings regarding the cause of death (to that of 'accidental") in the case, forcing charges against the Church of Scientology to be dropped. This was one of several cases where Wood had misdiagnosed the cause of death In 1995 Wood said that McPherson had died of complications from dehydration after spending 17 days in the care of fellow Scientologists. In 2000, she said the death was accidental. The medical investigation of another death indicated the clumsiness surrounding the McPherson case was not an isolated incident. Over 150 autopsies performed under her supervision had to be reviewed. Footnotes |
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