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Autopsy Legal Medicine
Dr. Sergio Paguio
Moral-ethical imperative to respect the familys
mourning
An improper attitude towards the
cadaver would mean thus disregarding
those close to the deceased one
Moral-religious significance of the human body.
Christian religion
From a Christian point of view,
the practice of allowing autopsies
and ones body for scientific
research is acceptable and even
to be encouraged if a true need
exists.
The teaching of Islam does not allow for
voluntary autopsy because it is
considered a desecration of a human
person who was associated with the
body. If the law requires it, however, then
the next of kin may acquiesce to it.
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