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INTRODUCTION Autopsy is ...

INTRODUCTION Autopsy is .

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INTRODUCTION Autopsy is ...

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  1. INTRODUCTIONAutopsy is ...

  2. Reasons for performing a post mortem examination:• to establish a cause of death and to correlate it with pre mortem diagnosis • to identify unrelated diseases• to confirm or dismiss genetic implications for the family• to audit care and treatment given • to characterise a new disease• to determine the effects of treatment• to prevent the spread of infectious diseases• to study pathogenesis of a disease• to enhance research• to influence the health policy• to educate medical personnel and students

  3. Forensic: Clinical/academic Types of autopsy

  4. Forensic autopsy

  5. Epidemic autopsy

  6. Insurance autopsies

  7. Health and Safety

  8. Safety

  9. Apart from the pathologist and the prosector also the other professionals, e.g. photographers, evidence technicians, police, hospital personnel, students can be involved in the post mortem examination procedures.

  10. Reconstitution of the body

  11. Writing a Postmortem Report

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