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General Considerations and Safety

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Preparation for the autopsy and consideration of the case, before entering the autopsy room or putting knife to skin, are key in getting the best results from the examination. This chapter commences with the components of an instruction to perform an autopsy. The relevant paperwork (usually legal and/or consent permissions) is discussed.

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  1. Public Mortuary, The Medico-Legal Centre, Sheffield, UK

    Maxine S. Coe

  2. Department of Histopathology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2JF, UK

    S. Kim Suvarna MBBS, BSc, FRCP, FRCPath

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  1. Maxine S. Coe
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Correspondence to S. Kim Suvarna MBBS, BSc, FRCP, FRCPath .

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  1. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    S. Kim Suvarna

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Coe, M.S., Suvarna, S.K. (2016). General Considerations and Safety. In: Suvarna, S. (eds) Atlas of Adult Autopsy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27022-7_1

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