External challenges for specialists dealing with forensic autopsies.

Autor:	Mohanty MK; Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, India., Sahu SS; Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, India., Singh SR; Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, India., Sahu MR; Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, India., Swain R; Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, India., Lenka PK; Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, IMS & SUM Hospitals, Bhubaneswar, India., Padhy BM; Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, India., Naveen A; Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, SRM Medical College & Research Centre, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Kattankulathur, India.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Medico-legal journal [Med Leg J] 2023 Oct 06, pp. 258172231195733. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 06.
DOI:	10.1177/00258172231195733
Abstrakt:	Background: In addition to poor infrastructure, and human resource constraints, forensic medicine specialists in developing countries face many external challenges. Objectives: We aimed to investigate the prevalence, type, and source of external challenges confronting them including sex, age, religion, deceased's place of residence and the number of accompanying relatives. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional, observational study was conducted between August 2020 and July 2022 at the Mortuary of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar with the approval of the ethical committee. Results: Of note, forensic medicine specialists faced external challenges in about one in five cases (20.5%). Most demands were to either minimise the autopsy procedure (n = 65) or to conduct the autopsy at inappropriate times (n = 58). The demands to minimise the autopsy procedure were significantly associated with the deceased's age (p = 0.046), religion (p = 0.010), socioeconomic class (p = 0.020) and manner of death (p = 0.019). Conclusions: Our study found that forensic medicine specialists in India face significant external challenges. Avoiding unnecessary complete autopsies, implementing night autopsies, and embracing minimally invasive autopsies are recommended to mitigate these challenges. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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