Citation

Kunz SN, Bergsdóttir Þ, Jónasson JG. Scand. J. Public Health 2019; ePub(ePub): 1403494818820748.

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, Landspítali University Hospital Reykjavik, Iceland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Associations of Public Health in the Nordic Countries Regions, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1403494818820748

PMID

30632904

Abstract

A clinical as well as forensic autopsy is a uniform medical investigation of the deceased, which mainly serves to verify the plausibility of information on the cause, mode and mechanism of death provided by the police and/or medical personnel. Despite its importance in the context of a conclusive assessment of a person's medical history and in detecting any criminal correlation or malpractice, a significant decline in autopsies is evident in Iceland. This article gives an overview on autopsy rates in Iceland and compares the situation with European countries.

Language: en

Keywords

Forensic pathology; Iceland; autopsy; autopsy rate; pathology