Autopsy Flashcards
0
Q
who gets to decide if you have an autopsy?
A
1) spouse
2) an adult son or daughter
3) either parent
4) adult brother or sister
5) legal guardian or power of attorney
1
Q
10 functions of hospital autopsy
A
- determing the cause of death
- monitoring accuracy of clinical diagnoses
- evaluation of treatments
- education
- medical legal
- institutional quality assurance
- genetic counseling
- to provide reassurance to loved ones
- research
- tissue transplantation
- public health
- recovery of prosthetic material
2
Q
why is the autopsy in decline?
A
diminishing clinical interest and increasing clinical confidence in ante-mortem diagnosis
diminishing interest by pathologists
increasing public resistance to dissection and examination of body after death
3
Q
6 circumstances that must be reported to state medical examiner
A
- unlawful act (homicide, suicide, etc)
- accident
- suspicious, unusual, or unnatural manner
- death unattended by a physician
- sudden death
- child under 3 whose death was unexpected
- SIDS
4
Q
antemortem vs postmartom diagreements
A
29%
have not changed in 3 eras
