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May a family refuse or object to a medicolegal autopsy?

April 26, 2017autopsy family object refuse

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May a family refuse or object to a medicolegal autopsy?

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Families may not refuse or object to a medicolegal autopsy for any reason — be it religious or otherwise– because autopsies are performed to answer medicolegal questions that are in the public interest. This means that the autopsy is needed to address a question of law or public health.