• Barbara Sampson, the chief medical examiner of New York City, announced Sunday evening that she had completed an autopsy of Jeffrey Epstein. (nymag.com)
  • An official autopsy shows that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself by hanging , authorities said Friday. (nypost.com)
  • Although very few religions completely ban all autopsies, some religious traditions place a strong emphasis on the inviolability of human remains and view anything much more than ritual cleaning of the body as a desecration (see Religions and the Autopsy). (medscape.com)
  • In September 2020, the WHO verbal autopsy website was updated to fill a critical gap in measuring the mortality from COVID-19 for deaths which occur outside of a health care setting. (who.int)
  • A recent study in Annals of Internal Medicine discusses the benefits of virtual autopsies, in which common electronic medical imaging technologies - magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and surface scans - are combined to provide forensic insights that conventional autopsies are unable to catch. (bigthink.com)
  • "The blocking of the autopsy report of Ford comes on the heels of the release of the autopsy report on Michael Brown which contradicted the police version of how Brown was killed," the roundtable's Earl Ofari Hutchinson said on Monday. (rt.com)
  • But with the release of the autopsy by a verified source "who requested anonymity," the Sun writes, the extent of Gray's graphic injuries are now public. (globalgrind.com)
  • When permission for an autopsy is declined for any reason, including religious objections, the autopsy is not performed. (medscape.com)
  • Many physicians, however, are much less comfortable approaching a grieving family after a patient's life has ended to ask for permission for an autopsy. (medscape.com)
  • [ 1 ] Thus, like many other tasks that are perceived as less desirable, the task of asking for permission for an autopsy often rolls downhill to the most junior members of the medical staff (see Autopsy Rate and Physician Attitudes Toward Autopsy). (medscape.com)
  • In short, there is any number of compelling reasons for a physician not to request permission for an autopsy. (medscape.com)
  • In the absence of routine death registration, verbal autopsy (VA) methods are used to derive probable causes of death. (nih.gov)
  • Verbal autopsy standards : ascertaining and attributing cause of death. (who.int)
  • Verbal autopsy (VA) through face-to-face interviews with caregivers is a way to determine cause of death without medical certification. (who.int)
  • Nasaruddin NH binti, Ganapathy SS, Awaluddin SM, Anuar MFM, Nazirah binti Alias, Mang CY, Wan-Fei K. Conducting verbal autopsy by telephone interview during the pandemic to support mortality surveillance: a feasibility study in Malaysia: Verbal autopsy telephone interview. (who.int)
  • This could be done through autopsy or a thorough epidemiological investigation using a verbal autopsy technique at the community level. (who.int)
  • But I've been busy and the respite from blogging on Brand Autopsy has been nice. (typepad.com)
  • As a marketingologist with the Brand Autopsy Marketing Practice, I give companies "Second Opinions" about the business and marketing activities they are currently doing or considering doing. (typepad.com)
  • Of these, 838 underwent brain autopsy and neuropathologic examination. (medscape.com)
  • Men and women with major depressive disorder (MDD) have opposite genetic mechanisms that contribute to the condition, a new brain autopsy study shows. (medscape.com)
  • There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Autopsy is an influential death metal band, founded in 1987 in the United States by Chris Reifert after leaving Death . (last.fm)
  • Russian authorities have refused to release the body of Sergei Magnitsky, the lawyer campaigning against fraud and corruption who died in a Moscow jail this week, for an independent autopsy. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • An independent autopsy requested by the family of a Sacramento man killed by police in his own backyard earlier this month showed that eight of 20 bullets fired by officers struck him, including six bullets to the back, an attorney for the family announced Friday. (ajc.com)
  • The independent autopsy was done by noted pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu, who told reporters at Friday's news conference that during the three-hour autopsy he conducted Tuesday, he found that Clark suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, one to the left thigh and the remainder to the back. (ajc.com)
  • A forensic pathologist who conducts autopsies for San Joaquin County resigned Monday, claiming she was denied the independence to do her job. (kqed.org)
  • Permission from next of kin may be required for internal autopsy in some cases. (wikipedia.org)
  • The OME may disclose autopsy results to spouses or next of kin if they (1) request the report in writing and (2) provide an affidavit indicating and verifying their relationship to the decedent (Mass. Regs. (ct.gov)
  • Consent must be granted by the next-of-kin in order for an autopsy to occur. (medscape.com)
  • [ 6 ] In medicolegal cases, a death inquest and/or autopsy is ordered by a legal authority (most commonly a medical examiner or coroner) and permission from the next-of kin is not sought, although expressed opposition from the next-of-kin is considered on a case-by-case basis. (medscape.com)
  • A large meta-analysis suggested that approximately one-third of death certificates are incorrect and that half of the autopsies performed produced findings that were not suspected before the person died. (wikipedia.org)
  • Also, it is thought that over one-fifth of unexpected findings can only be diagnosed histologically, i.e., by biopsy or autopsy, and that approximately one-quarter of unexpected findings, or 5% of all findings, are major and can similarly only be diagnosed from tissue. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to two people familiar with the autopsy findings that spoke to the Washington Post , Epstein sustained multiple breaks in his neck bones. (nymag.com)
  • The autopsy findings appear to contradict the version of the shooting given by police, who said two officers shot at Ball-Bey when he pointed a gun at them as he fled a home where police were serving a search warrant. (yahoo.com)
  • Civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump, who represents Clark's family, said during a news conference Friday that the autopsy findings contradict statements Sacramento police officials have offered about the March 18 shooting. (ajc.com)
  • Our findings, through mid-June 2014, are that unusual trace and major elements were present in autopsy tissues among individuals who died in 2008-2009 and that concentrations of these elements appear to be correlated with interview-based estimates of WTC exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) Sinopsis: Dos forenses, padre e hijo, investigan la muerte de una hermosa joven sobre la que nadie sabe nada. (metacritic.com)
  • The Autopsy of Jane Doe is essentially a 90-minute episode of Jack Klugman's late-'70s TV show 'Quincy, M.E.' with more graphic gore, goo, and guts. (metacritic.com)
  • WASHINGTON - The seemingly quick conclusion that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died of "natural causes" is prompting calls for an autopsy and toxicological reports. (wnd.com)
  • Do trace element concentrations in the tissues of autopsied WTCHR decedents correlate with interview-based estimates of exposure? (cdc.gov)
  • The primary analyses contrasted post-mortem lung tissue concentrations obtained from autopsies in 2007-2011 of 76 WTC Health Registry (WTCHR) enrollees with those of 55 community controls. (cdc.gov)
  • Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy is highly anticipated. (nymag.com)
  • The results of Epstein's autopsy are highly anticipated in the aftermath of his apparent suicide early Saturday, which has launched many conspiracy theories and resulted in calls for investigation into the Manhattan prison where he was held. (nymag.com)
  • Among the little information Sampson shared about Epstein's autopsy Sunday is that Michael Baden, a former New York City medical examiner, was allowed to observe her autopsy at the request of Epstein's representatives. (nymag.com)
  • Officials said earlier this week the autopsy had been completed but that the medical examiner needed "further information" before determining Epstein's official cause of death. (nypost.com)
  • The news comes after The Washington Post reported Thursday that Epstein's autopsy was pointing toward confirming he committed suicide, though it didn't dispel swirling conspiracies that suggested otherwise. (theweek.com)
  • Anytime a head of state, member of Congress, or the most conservative member of the U.S. Supreme Court is found dead, an extensive autopsy and toxicology examination should be both immediate and mandatory," said Gheen. (wnd.com)
  • This book also deals with medico legal autopsy and Toxicology. (researchgate.net)
  • Last month, an autopsy report revealed that Whitney Houston died Feb. 11 due to 'drowning and effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use,' according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office. (theboombox.com)
  • The results of the autopsy conducted by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office have not yet been made public. (ajc.com)
  • With this final rule, HHS amends existing regulatory text to allow compensation for pathologists who perform autopsies on coal miners at a market rate, on a discretionary basis as needed for public health purposes. (cdc.gov)
  • A team of forensic pathologists at the University of Bern in Switzerland reckon it could make autopsies more accurate and also less distressing for families. (newscientist.com)
  • A journey through another set of autopsy pictures , published in a preliminary study by a group of Louisiana-based medical pathologists and biomedical engineers, examines organs of patients from New Orleans. (thebaffler.com)
  • Surprisingly, perhaps, many pathologists are no more interested in autopsies than their clinical colleagues. (medscape.com)
  • And, unlike surgical pathology specimens or cytology specimens, most hospital pathologists are not directly reimbursed for their work on autopsies. (medscape.com)
  • Under such an arrangement, a group of pathologists receives the same reimbursement whether they do autopsies daily or once a year. (medscape.com)
  • Organizations such as ZAKA in Israel and Misaskim in the United States generally guide families on how to ensure that an unnecessary autopsy is not made. (wikipedia.org)
  • In short, they may feel that the diagnoses are already well established and the autopsy is unnecessary. (medscape.com)
  • Autopsies are used in clinical medicine to identify a medical error or a previously unnoticed condition that may endanger the living, such as infectious diseases or exposure to hazardous materials. (wikipedia.org)
  • Religious objections to autopsy occur in both medicolegal- and hospital (clinical)-based autopsies. (medscape.com)
  • For clinical autopsies, the purpose is generally to investigate the cause of death and the extent of natural disease. (medscape.com)
  • Only a small portion of deaths require an autopsy to be performed, under certain circumstances. (wikipedia.org)
  • Baden, who once hosted the HBO show Autopsy , has conducted private autopsies after high-profile deaths like those of Michael Brown and former NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez. (nymag.com)
  • The family hired an attorney and just hours after learning of the deaths sued the medical examiner, asking a judge to stop the autopsies. (religionnewsblog.com)
  • It is the ratio (in %) of the total number of autopsies requested for all deaths to the total number of all deaths. (who.int)
  • Includes number of all autopsies of deaths divided by the number of all deaths. (who.int)
  • Other relevant contributory factors such as the gestational age, mode of delivery, place of birth, antemortem cause of deaths and maternal obstetric history were obtained from the medical records and autopsy request forms. (who.int)
  • Autopsy results are available to investigatory bodies under the following conditions: (1) the investigatory body must show that the report contains information "relevant, material, and necessary" for a complete and proper investigation, and (2) the OME must issue, with the report, a statement that autopsy reports are not public records and should not be used for any reason not authorized by law (Mass. Regs. (ct.gov)
  • In civil cases, the OME may provide autopsy reports to any party to a civil proceeding who (1) demonstrates to the court that the autopsy report probably contains "relevant, material, and necessary" information to prepare for or use in litigation and (2) obtains a court order authorizing such disclosure. (ct.gov)
  • When any such party requests a report, the OME must have the opportunity to oppose its disclosure and must issue, with the report, a statement that autopsy reports are not public records and should not be used for any reason not authorized by law (Mass. Regs. (ct.gov)
  • Bee Gee Maurice Gibb died of a congenital condition that caused his bowel and stomach to become twisted, seriously restricting the flow of blood, according to the below autopsy report released today (1/16) by the Miami-Dade County medical examiner. (thesmokinggun.com)
  • According to an autopsy report , police discovered what appeared to be a suicide note--written on a Post-it note--when they responded to Smith's home on October 21. (thesmokinggun.com)
  • The autopsy report cited the absence of "hesitation wounds," the presence of "possible defensive wounds," and "stabbing through clothing" as atypical of suicide. (thesmokinggun.com)
  • An autopsy was ordered but the report is not complete, so there's no cause of death yet. (katc.com)
  • Those waiting for the preliminary autopsy report regarding the officer-involved death of a young, unarmed black man in Los Angeles are going to have to wait a little longer, as officials have delayed its release. (rt.com)
  • "Pending further investigative and forensic analysis, the LAPD Force Investigation Division investigators have requested that The Los Angeles County Coroner place an investigative hold on the pending autopsy report," the police department said on Monday. (rt.com)
  • The blocking of the release Ford autopsy report further fuels suspicions about the LAPD's version of the Ford killing. (rt.com)
  • An autopsy report obtained by the Baltimore Sun indicates that Freddie Gray , the 25-year-old who died in police custody in April, suffered from a "high-energy injury" to his neck and spine. (globalgrind.com)
  • This is the first time details of the autopsy report have been revealed - the report was completed April 30, but the release was delayed. (globalgrind.com)
  • According to an autopsy report, Olympic gold champion Tori Bowie had eclampsia, making three of America's finest female athletes undergo potentially fatal issues while giving birth. (healthnews.com)
  • According to an autopsy report, Bowie's death was "natural," with respiratory distress and eclampsia noted as possible causes. (healthnews.com)
  • The procedure itself, the selection of tissue for histology, the review of the slides, and the report writing involve a substantial investment in time (see The Autopsy Report). (medscape.com)
  • Interestingly, this use is not very common today in the mass media, and we tend to substitute the term "post-mortem" for "autopsy" in even clearly figurative uses ("Market Madness: A Post-Mortem," headline, NY Times, 5/7/10). (word-detective.com)
  • Not surprisingly, views about autopsies often parallel views about organ and tissue donation. (medscape.com)
  • I'm loving this Alien Autopsy Tissue Box. (craziestgadgets.com)
  • Autopsy tissue samples were evaluated by light microscopy , Warthin-Starry stain , immunohistochemistry , and PCR for B. burgdorferi, and immunohistochemistry for complement components C4d and C9, CD3, CD79a, and decorin . (bvsalud.org)
  • News of the preliminary results of an autopsy escalated tensions that had flared after Wednesday's killing of Mansur Ball-Bey, as protesters and family of the slain 18-year-old questioned police accounts that he pointed a gun at officers. (yahoo.com)
  • The results of the autopsy are preliminary and evidence was still being gathered, Dotson said, but he said one witness had corroborated officer accounts that Ball-Bey had a gun. (yahoo.com)
  • You asked if autopsy results are available for public inspection in Massachusetts, and if so, to whom a written request for such information should be forwarded. (ct.gov)
  • By law, autopsy results are not available for public inspection in Massachusetts. (ct.gov)
  • All autopsy results are free, according to the OME. (ct.gov)
  • The law requires the chief medical examiner to promulgate rules for the disclosure of autopsy results and allows him to establish fees for providing such results to those legally entitled to receive them (Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 38 2). (ct.gov)
  • The results of the autopsy could trigger new legal action in the Epstein case, according to The Daily Beast , which reports that if his death is formally ruled a suicide, his estate "could press a claim for wrongful death while he was in the custody of the state. (nymag.com)
  • Autopsy results show a bullet struck Ball-Bey in the upper right of his back, hitting his heart and an artery next to it, said St. Louis Chief Medical Examiner Michael Graham. (yahoo.com)
  • Late Disney star Cameron Boyce's autopsy has been completed, reports People Magazine , but the coroner is holding the results pending further investigation into the Descendents star's death on July 7. (inquisitr.com)
  • The family also received the autopsy results. (wfaa.com)
  • In cases in which the diagnoses are less certain, the medical staff may be concerned about litigation, and they may worry that the results of an autopsy may actually hurt them. (medscape.com)
  • How useful will the results of the autopsy be? (medscape.com)
  • Results: In the one-year retrospective study of 53 neonatal autopsies, male: female ratio was 1: 0.83 and mean age at death was 6.5 + 7.3 days, ranging from 1 to 28 days. (who.int)
  • The autopsy and other evidence confirmed Epstein committed suicide , the ME's office said without elaborating. (nypost.com)
  • This document presents an investigation that sought as objective to establish the reflection elements to propose the application of the psychological autopsy technique as an aid in the expert-epidemiological study in suicide cases and in police-legal and epidemiological research in femicide cases. (bvsalud.org)
  • As a result, it was found that although the denomination of Psychological Autopsy is a general conception, there are differences between proposals, from which the technique can be refined and approximations to protocols for cases such as suicide or femicides. (bvsalud.org)
  • Were trace elements from WTC-contaminants released on 9/11/2001 still present in tissues of World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees who died and were autopsied in 2007-2012? (cdc.gov)
  • Some religions including Judaism and Islam usually discourage the performing of autopsies on their adherents. (wikipedia.org)
  • [ 3 ] Certain religions have objections to autopsy (eg, Islam, Judaism) in that bodily intrusion violates the sanctity of keeping the human body complete, despite those religious doctrines not strictly forbidding it. (medscape.com)
  • To test this hypothesis, we are collecting tissues from ~88 WTC Health Registry (WTCHR)-enrollees who died in 2007-2012 in ways that required autopsy and from ~ 62 matched 'community control autopsies. (cdc.gov)
  • In pursuit of this goal, we are measuring trace and major elements in tissues obtained from individuals enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry (WTCHR) who died and were autopsied in 2007-2012. (cdc.gov)
  • Autopsy in epidemiology and medical research / edited by E. Riboli and M. Delendi. (who.int)
  • Once the "inspect a corpse" sense of "autopsy" gained currency, the more generic "take a good look at something" sense faded away, probably because it became impossible to use that general sense without invoking unpleasant associations. (word-detective.com)
  • Autopsies are unpleasant to perform. (medscape.com)
  • A local Muslim leader, Imam Moujahed Bakhach, tells us Islam allows autopsies if they're necessary to determine how a person died but are a source of confusion for many Muslim immigrants, accustomed to cultures where autopsies are less common or accepted. (religionnewsblog.com)
  • Autopsies are usually performed by a specialized medical doctor called a pathologist. (wikipedia.org)
  • Autopsies are performed for either legal or medical purposes. (wikipedia.org)
  • When a person has permitted an autopsy in advance of their death, autopsies may also be carried out for the purposes of teaching or medical research. (wikipedia.org)
  • While "Autopsy" lives up to its title, providing plenty of grisly medical gore, the forensics induce less squirming than the exacting yet playful way Ovredal keeps making us anticipate more unnatural acts as the Tildens realize something is seriously amiss. (metacritic.com)
  • SANTA MARIA, CA-Leaving local community members shocked and heartbroken, a botched autopsy performed at Marian Regional Medical Center Wednesday had reportedly brought a murder victim back to life. (theonion.com)
  • The pioneering technology, which involves a combination of different medical imaging systems, could eventually replace conventional autopsy. (bigthink.com)
  • FORT WORTH - A North Texas family says a medical examiner violated their religion by going forward with autopsies of two young men. (religionnewsblog.com)
  • Then they found out Tarrant County's Medical Examiner planned to perform an autopsy. (religionnewsblog.com)
  • Even before I come to work, I got calls at home requesting that I do not perform an autopsy because of religious reasons," said medical examiner Dr. Nizam Peerwani. (religionnewsblog.com)
  • Although cultural or religious beliefs are often cited as a reason for opposition to autopsy, most religions and cultures find autopsy acceptable on the basis of either the individual's beliefs or under what are deemed to be special circumstances. (medscape.com)
  • Forensic scientist Michael Tsokos thinks that half of homicides in Germany are overlooked due to resistance to traditional autopsy from both doctors and victims' families. (bigthink.com)
  • She said she decided not to order an autopsy after Sheriff Danny Dominguez concluded there were no signs of foul play, reported WFAA News in Dallas. (wnd.com)
  • One of the longest running death metal acts active today, and an inspiration for whole generations of depraved metal maniacs the world over, Autopsy formed in 1987 and released four albums on Peaceville Records - beginning with the classic debut 'Severed Survival' in 1989 - before disbanding in 1995, with members going on to form the equally disturbed Abscess. (peaceville.com)
  • The topic of autopsy may be equally awkward for the family of the deceased. (medscape.com)
  • Autopsies can be further classified into cases where an external examination suffices, and those where the body is dissected and an internal examination is conducted. (wikipedia.org)
  • By the early 19th century, however, "autopsy" had acquired a figurative use, safely distant from the forensic sense, meaning "detailed critical examination of a thing or event, usually after its first presentation or occurrence" ("This autopsy of a fine lady's poem," 1879). (word-detective.com)
  • I knew I had made a terrible mistake," said pathologist Dr. Kenneth Lepp, who expressed deep remorse as he described how the routine autopsy had gone completely off the rails. (theonion.com)
  • [ 4 ] For example, the Prophet Muhammad stated that "to break the bone of a dead person is like breaking the bone of a living person," ( Sunan of Abu Dawood) which has been extensively interpreted in the fields of autopsy and organ transplantation from the very literal (eg, the decedent being able to still feel pain) to the more figurative. (medscape.com)
  • As late as Sunday afternoon, there were conflicting reports about whether an autopsy would be performed, though officials later said Scalia's body was being embalmed and there would be no autopsy. (wnd.com)
  • A Durham boy and a woman who authorities say were killed and buried by members of a religious group had been shot in the head, according to autopsy reports released Tuesday. (wral.com)
  • McKoy was shot twice in the top of the head and once in the right arm, and Jadon was shot once in the top of the head, according to autopsy reports. (wral.com)
  • The work consisted in the search and documentary review in physical collections and in databases of materials consisting of technical proposals or reports of psychological autopsy as a forensic technique. (bvsalud.org)
  • This lack of enthusiasm for performing autopsies combined with the more immediate demands of signing out surgical pathology and cytology specimens often translates into delayed autopsy reports. (medscape.com)
  • Graham said it was impossible to tell from the autopsy whether Ball-Bey was slightly turned, or was twisting his torso toward officers when he was shot. (yahoo.com)
  • In most Western countries the number of autopsies performed in hospitals has been decreasing every year since 1955. (wikipedia.org)
  • Critics, including pathologist and former JAMA editor George D. Lundberg, have charged that the reduction in autopsies is negatively affecting the care delivered in hospitals, because when mistakes result in death, they are often not investigated and lessons, therefore, remain unlearned. (wikipedia.org)
  • Calculation method: This indicator is calculated as the sum of autopsies requested by the coroner and those autopsies undertaken by hospitals. (who.int)
  • However, this rate has decreased over time and the study projects that in a contemporary US institution, 8.4% to 24.4% of autopsies will detect major diagnostic errors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ipeh U. T., Kingsley A., Edem U. D., Venn J., Martin N., Abeng E. G., Olukayode O. . Common Causes of Neonatal Death in Calabar, South-South Nigeria: An Autopsy Study. (who.int)
  • Cardiac Tropism of Borrelia burgdorferi: An Autopsy Study of Sudden Cardiac Death Associated with Lyme Carditis. (bvsalud.org)
  • Beginning their career with the Severed Survival LP, Autopsy took on a sound similar to that of Scream Bloody Gore era Death , but soon moved on to a doom metal influenced sound for the Retribution for the Dead EP. (last.fm)
  • In contrast, non-westernized cultural groups generally have more unified traditions, beliefs, and practices surrounding death, and they more frequently have religious objections to autopsy. (medscape.com)
  • This process is different in cases that fall under medicolegal jurisdiction, as the autopsy in these circumstances is used as a tool to investigate unnatural death. (medscape.com)
  • A number of cases in which an autopsy was protested on religious grounds have been shown to have hampered or obstructed death investigations, including those of a suspicious nature. (medscape.com)
  • The driving force of Autopsy as ever is the virtuoso guitar pairing of Eric Cutler and Danny Coralles, effortlessly trading off their schizophrenic leads and switching from all-out death metal madness to groove-laden heavy doom, with unmistakable drum/vocal legend Chris Reifert being master of proceedings, spewing his own infinitely creative maniacal musings. (peaceville.com)
  • autopsy and causes of Death. (researchgate.net)
  • Data are also available by place of death, year, week, or month of death, and whether an autopsy was performed. (cdc.gov)
  • Aim: To identify the commonest causes of neonatal death in 53 neonatal autopsies in Calabar, Nigeria. (who.int)
  • ST. CLAIR SHORES (WWJ) - An autopsy is planned for an elderly man who was found dead inside a portable toilet that he might have been living in for months. (cbsnews.com)
  • When comparing differential expression (DE) genes in the autopsy samples of men and women who had had MDD, 633 of 706 transcripts were found in those from men only, and 809 of 882 transcripts were found in those from women only. (medscape.com)
  • Autopsies play a large role in CSI and similar shows (which is one reason why I don't watch them), and you're right that "autopsy" is itself a strange little word. (word-detective.com)
  • it is in the viscous fluid that often covers the lungs when bodies are opened up for autopsy. (thebaffler.com)
  • The process of approaching a family for an autopsy can feel awkward and is something that many physicians feel ill-prepared for. (medscape.com)
  • Family members often have questions about the autopsy procedure and its effects on funeral arrangements. (medscape.com)
  • There is paucity of autopsy studies due to refusal of family to give consent for such procedures. (who.int)