Difference between revisions of "Autopsy"

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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'').

*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 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 (non-corner's) autopsies, '''the hierarchy has to be followed strictly''', as there is no such thing as an "emergency autopsy"; 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 (non-corner's) autopsies, '''the hierarchy has to be followed strictly''', as there is no such thing as an "emergency autopsy"; it is ''not'' acceptable to ask the child of the decedent 'cause they aren't distraught like the spouse of the decedent.