Angus Turnbull
Imperial College School of Medicine, Sir Alexander Fleming Building,
South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom
Short Communication
Consented Autopsy-Never-Failing yet Ever Falling
Author(s): Angus Turnbull and Michael OsbornAngus Turnbull and Michael Osborn
Consented autopsy has facilitated medical advances for five millennia and continues to deliver in modern 21st century medicine. Despite the extensive worldwide decline in consented autopsy over recent decades many studies demonstrate their continual importance in many domains of medicine including diagnostics, clinical correlation, pathogenesis research, education and benefits to the grieving family. The medical community must decide if this tried and tested method should be reinvigorated or left to fade into medical history.
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