Could pre-mortem computerised tomography scans reduce the need for coroner's post-mortem examinations?

Post-Mortem Examinations

This is a volume that should fill a long-felt want so far as ordinary medical post-mortem examinations are concerned. There are very few books dealing with the subject and of these the majority require revising in the light of recent advances in knowledge. The author, who has had a very wide experience, deals in a most comprehensive manner with his subject. His aim has been to study the human b...

Notes from Post--Mortem Examinations

Pre-testing Screening for HIV before Conducting Post-mortem Examinations

Autopsy safety was not much of a consideration until the 1980s when HIV infection appeared. At first, the emphasis was placed on the prevention of infection by establishing "universal precautions". Along with this came procedures and regulations to minimize the possibility of cuts and needle sticks. Other hazards were eventually identified, and appropriate precautions were implemented to varyin...

Post-Mortem Examinations in India

Post-mortem computed tomography in adults

There has been increasing interest in recent years in a new application of cross-sectional imaging, that of investigation of cause of death. A perceived public distaste for invasive autopsy, fuelled in part by the organ retention scandals of the late 1990s, coupled with disquiet about the fitness-for-practice of the coronial system, has led to a search for a less invasive alternative. A post-mo...