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 *The power a person that is designated as ''power of attorney for health care decisions'' does not have the authority to consent for an autopsy; their power ends with death (unless they are also the ''executer of the estate'').
-*In clinical medicine, it is allowable to skip down the hierarchy if ''the'' consent giver is not present/reachable, e.g. if a child of the patient is present they can consent in emergency circumstances, if the spouse is not reachable.  In the context of autopsies, the hierarchy has to be followed strictly, as there is no such thing as an "emergency autopsy", e.g. it is ''not'' acceptable to ask the child of the decedent 'cause they aren't distraught like the spouse of the decedent.
+*In clinical medicine, it is allowable to skip down the hierarchy if ''the'' consent giver is not reachable, e.g. if a child of the patient is present they can consent in emergency circumstances, if the spouse is not reachable.  In the context of autopsies, the hierarchy has to be followed strictly, as there is no such thing as an "emergency autopsy", e.g. it is ''not'' acceptable to ask the child of the decedent 'cause they aren't distraught like the spouse of the decedent.
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