Autopsy What Do We Learn from Corpses?

• Other Authors: Hakan Dogan, Kamil (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2022
• Subjects: Forensic medicine; Other branches of medicine
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

If a death is suspicious, an autopsy of the body is performed with the intent of determining the cause and manner of death. A death investigation begins with body examination and evidence collection at the scene and proceeds through history, postmortem examination and autopsy, laboratory tests, and...