Verkkoapplying the ethical framework of the national commission to everyday clinical research, medical ethics scholars and irbs later analyzed. Medicine and law overlap in a death investigation calling for an autopsy to determine the manner and cause of death. Listen to two chief medical. Verkkofinally, in this issue’s podcast, theonia boyd discusses clinical and ethical reasons for completing an autopsy as well as a few of the ethical issues faced by pathologists. Verkkoautopsy studies have been essential for advancing our knowledge and understanding of coronary and ischemic heart disease and have yielded. Verkkothis manuscript concerns the ethical aspects of the clinical autopsy procedure. Much of the literature on this topic addresses some of the multifaceted issues potentially. Verkkoin this review, which has an international perspective, we consider the ascent and decline of the autopsy, the legal frameworks that govern its use, the value and. Certain cultural beliefs or.