Radiology’s role in humanising mortality

Abstract

Articles in The BMJ ’s Christmas issue rightly call for death to be demedicalised, urging healthcare systems to focus on compassion and care for people who are dying.1 This conversation has centred on palliative care, but an important specialty is often overlooked—radiology. Postmortem imaging, using computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, is a non-invasive way to determine causes of death.2 Conventional autopsies are invasive and emotionally distressing for grieving …