[Attitudes to autopsy among critically ill patients and the general population].
Attitudes towards autopsy were investigated by a questionnaire given to 60 cancer patients, 30 patients with severe cardiac disease and 132 healthy people without known disease. Eighty-five percent of the patients and 82% of the healthy people had a positive attitude towards autopsy. A majority (65-72%) found that permission should be given by the patient rather than the family. Only 6% of patients and 13% of the healthy people would refuse to give permission to autopsy, 71% and 47% would give permission and 10% and 25% would consent to autopsy under certain conditions. both groups were more reluctant to give consent to the performance of an autopsy on a relative. It is concluded that hospital routine should be changed so that patients should be asked whether they would permit an autopsy to be performed in event of their decease.
Onkologisk afdeling, Arhus Kommunehospital.
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D001344:Autopsy / Q000523:psychology*; D016638:Critical Illness; D003718:Denmark; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011639:Public Opinion; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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