Medico-legal autopsies after sunset: Ethical issues.

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Indian journal of medical ethics Pub Date : 2023-07-01 Epub Date: 2023-02-04 DOI:10.20529/IJME.2023.012

S Yadukul, Pragnesh Parmar, Prashanth Mada, Divya Reddy

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Abstract

From the British era, regular medico-legal autopsies have never been done in India after sunset, except for those specially permitted by the law enforcement agencies. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, issued a notification on November 15, 2021, regarding the "Conduct of post-mortem in hospitals after sunset". This has given rise to much debate on whether post-mortems can be conducted after sunset in an ethical manner. Here, we briefly discuss the various issues related to the carrying out of post-mortems after sunset in India.

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日落后的法医尸检：伦理问题。

从英国时代起，除了执法机构特别允许的尸检外，印度从未在日落后进行过定期的法医尸检。印度政府卫生和家庭福利部于2021年11月15日发布了一份关于“日落后在医院进行尸检”的通知。这引发了许多关于日落后是否可以以合乎道德的方式进行尸检的争论。在这里，我们简要讨论了与在印度日落后进行尸检有关的各种问题。

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Indian journal of medical ethics Medicine-Medicine (all)

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期刊介绍： The Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (formerly Issues in Medical Ethics) is a platform for discussion on health care ethics with special reference to the problems of developing countries like India. It hopes to involve all cadres of, and beneficiaries from, this system, and strengthen the hands of those with ethical values and concern for the under-privileged. The journal is owned and published by the Forum for Medical Ethics Society, a not-for-profit, voluntary organisation. The FMES was born out of an effort by a group of concerned doctors to focus attention on the need for ethical norms and practices in health care.