QUESTION:
QUESTION:
Drawing on contemporary law and practice around post-mortems, critically analyse the socio-legal role of the autopsy and make a case for either (a) further reform or (b) the status quo.
- You may wish to consider approaches to this question that include, for example:
- the importance of forensic medical expertise vis-à-vis the autopsy;
- arguments about ‘needless autopsies’;
- cultural concerns;
- next-of-kin vs legal issues;
- the changes to the law;
- criminological issues;
- or how autopsy is developing in distinction to the past via use of technologies