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The doctrine of sovereign or official immunity has protected medical examiners in
cases alleging negligent performance of the autopsy and in cases involving negligent
harvesting of organs. It has not protected examiners in cases alleging performance
of autopsy without authorization. The medical examiner, therefore, is well advised
to determine whether there may be any objection by the next-of-kin to an autopsy and
particularly any religious objection-and if there is such an objection, to proceed
only after making contemporaneous and documented decision that there is a compelling
need for the autopsy.
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© 1998 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
