Practical approach to investigative ethics and religious objections to the autopsy
Mittleman, R.E.; Davis, J.H.; Kasztl, W.; Graves, W.M.
Journal of Forensic Sciences 37(3): 824-829
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1198 PMID: 1629674 Document Number: 400465
The application of investigative ethics to religious objections to the autopsy is essential for harmony in achieving the mission of medical legal death investigations. 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.