Korean J Leg Med.
2005 Oct;29(2):130-134.
Selection of Autopsy Method Depending on Situation
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ulsan College of Medicine.
- 2Department of Forensic Medicine, National Institute of Scientific Investigation.
- 3Department of Forensic Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine. sdlee@snu.ac.kr
Abstract
- Traditionally autopsy has been classified as legal autopsy and pathology autopsy. For this classification, the purpose of the autopsy was the criteria. That is under what condition autopsy was performed decided the nature of the autopsy. From the point of MD who actually perform the autopsy, there seems little difference between legal and pathology autopsy. Our society expands as time goes on, and it has become more complex. With this there have been many situations that does not coincide with the conventional way of thinking. Under these circumstances there have been some situations that conventional way for the autopsy classification bears problem. System for the postmortem investigation in Korea are deeply linked with these. Authors report these cases with the review of our postmortem investigation system and discuss what MD can do right now.
