Post - Mortems Flashcards
1
Q
What is a post-mortem examination?
A
Examining the brain usually after death usually within people who have a rare disorder and an unusually deficit in mental processes
2
Q
What are post- mortems vital in?
A
Establishing early processes in the brain
3
Q
What did Paul and Wernicke rely on?
A
Post mortems to make links between language, brain and behaviour
4
Q
What do they improve?
A
Our medical knowledge
5
Q
What ethical issue do they raise?
A
Consent
