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In spite of the fact that the majority of the autopsies carried out
in Britain are medico legal autopsies(post-mortem examinations required by
law) and by far outnumber the hospital autopsies(post-mortem examinations
performed with relatives' agreement) very little publicity has been give
to the fact that the majority of post-mortem examinations (and the
retention of organs) will not require the agreement of the relatives. The
difference between the two types of post-mortem examinations need to be
given much more publicity to save a lot of problems for Coroner's officers
and police officers investigating deaths.
Medico legal autopsies
In spite of the fact that the majority of the autopsies carried out
in Britain are medico legal autopsies(post-mortem examinations required by
law) and by far outnumber the hospital autopsies(post-mortem examinations
performed with relatives' agreement) very little publicity has been give
to the fact that the majority of post-mortem examinations (and the
retention of organs) will not require the agreement of the relatives. The
difference between the two types of post-mortem examinations need to be
given much more publicity to save a lot of problems for Coroner's officers
and police officers investigating deaths.
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