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Religious objection to autopsy. An ethical dilemma for medical examiners
1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
In recent years, religious objection to autopsy has become an ethical dilemma for medical examiners. We present two cases that illustrate these dilemmas, and we also review the history and legal considerations of religious objection to autopsy.