La gestión de las personas fallecidas a causa de la pandemia de COVID-19 y los retos organizativos desde la óptica de los servicios medicolegales

Q3 Medicine

Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI:10.1016/j.reml.2021.01.003

José Luis Prieto Carrero , Luis Fondebrider , Mercedes Salado Puerto , Morris Tidball Binz

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Abstract

The new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which emerged at the end of 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020.

In the most affected countries and regions, in parallel to the high number of patients and the consequent saturation of the health services, the unusually high number of deaths adds a very sensitive burden to authorities regarding the management of corpses.

The purpose of this article is to identify the particular challenges of an appropriate management and coordination of the institutions involved and to propose recommendations for action for the proper and dignified management of the deceased and the protection of the rights of their families to a respectful treatment, to know the fate and whereabouts of their loved ones and to honor them according to their beliefs and customs. The important role that medical-legal services may play for this is highlighted.

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从医疗法律服务的角度管理因COVID-19大流行而死亡的人员和组织挑战

2019年底在中国武汉市出现的新型冠状病毒病(COVID-19)于2020年3月11日被世界卫生组织宣布为大流行。在受影响最严重的国家和区域，除了患者人数众多以及由此导致的保健服务饱和之外，异常高的死亡人数给当局在尸体处理方面增加了非常敏感的负担。本文的目的是确定适当管理和协调有关机构所面临的特殊挑战，并提出行动建议，以便对死者进行适当和有尊严的管理，保护其家属获得尊重待遇的权利，了解其亲人的命运和下落，并根据其信仰和习俗尊重他们。强调了医疗法律服务在这方面可能发挥的重要作用。

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Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal Medicine-Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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