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- - Forensic medicine combines science and medical knowledge to address issues related to criminal law, primarily involving physicians skilled in pathology.
- - Post mortem surgeries present complex challenges, requiring doctors to determine causes of death while considering legal, moral, and religious factors, alongside family requests.
- - The article explores the evolving complexities of post mortem surgeries, particularly with the introduction of new imaging technologies that may serve as alternatives to traditional procedures.
Article Abstract
Forensic medicine is the application of science to the medical disciplines to answer questions related to criminal law. Most forensic practitioners are physicians with expertise in pathology. In the field of post mortem surgeries, the extensive area of the encounter between the law and medicine is compLicated. The doctor who is responsible for the procedure needs to take decisions on the cause of death, as well as considerations of Legal and religious issues. Furthermore, the doctor needs to take into consideration the requests of the family of the deceased. This article aims to reveal the legal, medical and moral complexity of post mortem surgeries, especially in the last few years during which new imaging techniques developed may pose as reasonable alternatives for such surgeries.
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