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Consented Autopsy and the Middle-East

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Consented autopsy is almost non-existent in the Middle-East where established social and cultural beliefs regarding the procedure might discourage family members from requesting a consented autopsy. Evidence suggests that new information is obtained from consented autopsies. It would not be in the best interest of medicine if social and cultural misconceptions succeed in erasing the existence of consented autopsies entirely.

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  1. Forensic Medicine Centre, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

    Magdy A. Kharoshah

  2. Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

    Syed Ather Hussain

  3. Forensic Medicine Division, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Fahd Hospital of the University, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

    Mohammed Madadin & Ritesh G. Menezes

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Correspondence to Ritesh G. Menezes.

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Kharoshah, M.A., Hussain, S.A., Madadin, M. et al. Consented Autopsy and the Middle-East. Sci Eng Ethics 23, 321–322 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-016-9760-7

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