Autopsies on foreign nationals – Practical problems and solutions
In view of increased immigration, incidents of deaths outside the deceased’s own country are on the rise. The death of a foreign national involves an array of legal formalities. Also a spectrum of queries and concerns may be raised by the authorities as well as the relatives regarding various aspect...
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| description | In view of increased immigration, incidents of deaths outside the deceased’s own country are on the rise. The death of a foreign national involves an array of legal formalities. Also a spectrum of queries and concerns may be raised by the authorities as well as the relatives regarding various aspects related to the death. It is especially true when the postmortem reports are kept in abeyance for want of reports of ancillary autopsy investigations. All these issues could make autopsy on foreign nationals, a thorn in the autopsy surgeon’s flesh. An attempt is made to draw attention towards the difficulties which can arise in such a scenario through one such case involving death of a foreign national, autopsied at our center. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4b19a74c54041a9b06d14d9097054e02022-12-21T19:18:50ZengSpringerOpenEgyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences2090-536X2016-03-0161262810.1016/j.ejfs.2015.01.005Autopsies on foreign nationals – Practical problems and solutionsM.D. NithinSmitha RaniIn view of increased immigration, incidents of deaths outside the deceased’s own country are on the rise. The death of a foreign national involves an array of legal formalities. Also a spectrum of queries and concerns may be raised by the authorities as well as the relatives regarding various aspects related to the death. It is especially true when the postmortem reports are kept in abeyance for want of reports of ancillary autopsy investigations. All these issues could make autopsy on foreign nationals, a thorn in the autopsy surgeon’s flesh. An attempt is made to draw attention towards the difficulties which can arise in such a scenario through one such case involving death of a foreign national, autopsied at our center.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090536X15000064Foreign nationalAutopsyUniform protocolAncillary autopsy investigations |
| spellingShingle | M.D. Nithin Smitha Rani Autopsies on foreign nationals – Practical problems and solutions Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences Foreign national Autopsy Uniform protocol Ancillary autopsy investigations |
| title | Autopsies on foreign nationals – Practical problems and solutions |
| title_full | Autopsies on foreign nationals – Practical problems and solutions |
| title_fullStr | Autopsies on foreign nationals – Practical problems and solutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Autopsies on foreign nationals – Practical problems and solutions |
| title_short | Autopsies on foreign nationals – Practical problems and solutions |
| title_sort | autopsies on foreign nationals practical problems and solutions |
| topic | Foreign national Autopsy Uniform protocol Ancillary autopsy investigations |
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