ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 May 1992
Page Count: 6

Practical Approach to Investigative Ethics and Religious Objections to the Autopsy
Davis, JH
District medical examiner, District 11, Dade County, FL

Mittleman, RE
Associate medical examiner, Dade County Medical Examiner Dept., FL

Graves, WM
District medical examiner, District 21, Lee, Glades, and Hendry Counties, FL, FL

Kasztl, W
Rabbi, Greater Miami Jewish Federation Hospice, Inc., FL

(Received 22 October 1991; accepted 14 November 1991)

Abstract

The application of investigative ethics to religious objections to the autopsy is essential for harmony in achieving the mission of medical legal death investigation. In Florida, an ethical advisory committee composed of religious, ethics, legal, and medical leaders established a unified statement for the practice of discretionary judgment and liaison with clergy. Our approach to religious objections to the autopsy as well as illustrative cases will be discussed.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, ethics, postmortem examinations, religious objections

Paper ID: JFS11993J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11993J
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