Is the autopsy dead?

摘要

Context and setting Autopsies are no longer performed regularly in Australian hospitals, but the value of autopsies in medical training is generally underestimated. Observing autopsies helps students to:understand and integrate the effects of disease, injury and ageing processes that result in pathology;understand how to determine the cause and manner of death;identify and evaluate contributory conditions, and appreciate the frequent inconsistencies between diagnoses at the time of death and post-mortem findings.