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=== Clinical autopsy === [[File:Human dissection of the abdominal and toraxic organs.jpg|thumb|Pathologist performing a human dissection of the abdominal and thoracic organs in an autopsy room]] Clinical autopsies serve two major purposes. They are performed to gain more insight into [[Pathology|pathological]] processes and determine what factors contributed to a patient's death. For example, material for infectious disease testing can be collected during an autopsy.<ref name="AJCPCOVID">{{cite journal | vauthors = Barton L, Duval E, Stroberg E, Ghosh S, Mukhopadhyay S | title = COVID-19 autopsies, Oklahoma, USA | journal = American Journal of Clinical Pathology | date = April 2020 | volume = 153 | issue = 6 | pages = 725β733 | doi = 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa062 | pmid = 32275742 | pmc = 7184436 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Autopsies are also performed to ensure the standard of care at hospitals. Autopsies can yield insight into how patient deaths can be prevented in the future. Within the United Kingdom, clinical autopsies can be carried out only with the consent of the family of the deceased person, as opposed to a medico-legal autopsy instructed by a Coroner (England & Wales) or Procurator Fiscal (Scotland), to which the family cannot object.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Post-mortem examination in the United Kingdom: present and future |journal= Autopsy and Case Reports|date=2017 |pmc=5507562 |last1=Peres |first1=L. C. |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=1β3 |doi=10.4322/acr.2017.017 |pmid=28740832 }}</ref> Over time, autopsies have not only been able to determine the cause of death, but have also led to discoveries of various diseases such as fetal alcohol syndrome, Legionnaire's disease, and even viral hepatitis.
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