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01.06.2011 | Editorial

Indigenous communities and the forensic autopsy

verfasst von: Roger W. Byard

Erschienen in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Ausgabe 2/2011

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More and more often forensic pathologists and medical examiners are encountering cultural and religious groups whose background is non-Western and who may not have previously had to deal with issues related to autopsy examinations. Handling of the naked body of the deceased by members of the opposite sex, with incisions and tissue and fluid removal, may be completely foreign concepts perceived by certain groups to be both mysterious and highly offensive. Other significant issues arise when the standard time taken for a medicolegal examination results in serious delays for religious rituals and burials, and when there has been retention of organs for further examination. …

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Titel: Indigenous communities and the forensic autopsy
verfasst von: Roger W. Byard
Publikationsdatum: 01.06.2011
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Ausgabe 2/2011
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Elektronische ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-010-9217-2

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Indigenous communities and the forensic autopsy

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