Coronial autopsies: a rising tide of objections

• Clinical Liaison Service, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and the State Coroner’s Office, 57–83 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, VIC 3006 

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• 1. Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Autopsy Working Party. The decline of the hospital autopsy: a safety and quality issue for healthcare in Australia. Med J Aust 2004; 180: 281-285. <MJA full text>
• 2. Coroner’s Act 1985 (Vic).
• 3. Nashelsky MB, Lawrence CH. Accuracy of cause of death determined without forensic examination. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2003; 24: 313-319.