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Mini Review Volume 6 Issue 6
Guiding principles and laws in the interpretation of postmortem findings
Akinwumi O Komolafe
Department of Morbid Anatomy and Forensic Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Nigeria
Department of Morbid Anatomy and Forensic Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Nigeria
Received: January 01, 1971 | Published: November 27, 2018
Citation: Komolafe AO. Guiding principles and laws in the interpretation of postmortem findings. Int Clin Pathol J. 2018;6(6):186–190. DOI: 10.15406/icpjl.2018.06.00186
Abstract
The postmortem examination is fundamental to the practice of medicine. This important aspect of medical practice is crucial for the understanding of principles of medicine and pathophysiologic phenomena. The autopsy is however bedeviled by subjectivities which are largely tied to the attending pathologist’s experience and idiosyncrasies. Subjective rather than objective deductions may lead to wrong conclusions with far reaching consequences in the adjudication of justice and public health issues. It is therefore highly imperative to have ground rules, laws and principles by which observations can be interpreted appropriately; devoid of the whims and caprices of specialists in anatomic pathology.
Keywords: fundamental, practice, medicine, crucial, bedeviled, attending, pathologist, experience, ground rules, idiosyncrasies, interpreted, postmortem, surgical, specialized, injuries
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