[Inspection of the corpse]

Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2015 Jul;140(15):1148-52. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-103283. Epub 2015 Jul 31.
[Article in German]

Abstract

In Germany the postmortem examination has to be performed by a physician. It has to include the determination of at least one sign of death, a statement about the time and cause of death and the distinction between a "death by natural causes" in the sense of the law and its opposite.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Accidents / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Autopsy / methods*
  • Cause of Death
  • Death
  • Death Certificates
  • Germany
  • Homicide / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Humans
  • Postmortem Changes
  • Suicide / legislation & jurisprudence