Question 5 (part 2) · LEK · Patient death and autopsy
You are a GDP, to whom patient’s family referred to with a request for declaring death and issuing death certificate. In deceased’s house you state presence of partially removed bloodstains on objects and floor and head injury. What should be done?
- A. you perform examination, declare death and hand over the death certificate.
- B. you inform police and hand over the death certificate.
- C. you inform police and refrain from handing over the death certificate.
- D. you commit the family to call the police and hand over the death certificate.
- E. you transfer the body to Pathomorphological Department in order to perform post-mortem examination.
Hint
Bloodstains and head injuries suggest a possible crime — think about who must then establish the cause of death.
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