Abstract
A clinical as well as forensic autopsy is a uniform medical investigation of the deceased, which mainly serves to verify the plausibility of information on the cause, mode and mechanism of death provided by the police and/or medical personnel. Despite its importance in the context of a conclusive assessment of a person’s medical history and in detecting any criminal correlation or malpractice, a significant decline in autopsies is evident in Iceland. This article gives an overview on autopsy rates in Iceland and compares the situation with European countries.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 486-490 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2020 |
Bibliographical note
This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Publisher Copyright: © Author(s) 2019.Other keywords
- Forensic pathology
- Iceland
- autopsy
- autopsy rate
- pathology
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