Autopsy: Traditional Jewish laws and customs halacha

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 300-303

  Goodman, Norman R ^a   Goodman, Jeffrey L ^b   Hofman, Walter I ^c  

^a Office of the Chester County Coroner   (United States)

^b Phoenixville ^*  (United States)

^c Montgomery County Coroner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

BHalacha, BPikuach nefesh, virtopsy; computed tomography (CT); Extensive or complete autopsy; External examination or noninvasive autopsy; Forensic pathology; Judaism; laparoscopic thoracoscopic autopsy (LTA); Limited or partial autopsy; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); multislice computed tomography (MSCT)

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CORONER; EXHUMATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; ISRAEL; JEW; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELIGION; REVIEW; TOMOGRAPHY;

AUTOPSY; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; EXHUMATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; JUDAISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY;

EID: 80053608719     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181e79307     Document Type: Article

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