Question 9 (part 2) · LEK · Patient death and autopsy
Victim of car accident dies in the hospital after 1 week of hospitalization. You inform the prosecution about the death and inform the patient’s family that the body may be taken away after:
- A. forensic-medical section.
- B. anatomopathological section.
- C. administrative section.
- D. forensic-medical section and giving consent by the prosecutor for taking away the body.
- E. without any actions.
Hint
A death after a traffic accident may be linked to an offence — think about who orders the autopsy and who controls release of the body.
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