title: Post-mortem examination and certification of death under G.D.R. law.
abstract: Post-mortem examination and certification of death in the G.D.R. are regulated by the Order on the Medical Post-mortem Examination (O.M.P.E.) issued in 1949 and confirmed in 1978. The tasks of the doctor certifying death are described as well as the co-operation between police, district attorney, and pathologist, and legal doctor, respectively, in all cases of death 'under suspicious circumstances.' Medical as well as judicial aspects of post-mortem examination are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, Humboldt University, Berlin, G.D.R.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gertler
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy / Q000592:standards*; D002423:Cause of Death; D003644:Death Certificates; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D005859:Germany, East; D006801:Humans