The need for mandatory autopsy teaching in Forensic Medicine for medical students

• Main Authors: Nurul Kharmila Abdullah (Author), Nur Arina Ahmad (Author), Shalinawati Binti Ramli (Author), Nadiawati Abdul Razak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The effectiveness of the autopsy as an educational tool in forensic medicine courses has been widely acknowledged, and medical students were expected to attend regularly. Nevertheless, the use of autopsies for teaching has dramatically declined in recent years and worldwide despite their high-value...