A family member dies, and within days the family is choosing between burial and cremation. For an attorney, that choice may decide whether the cause...
dev8pxmedia_r8y0ru
Hospital Autopsy Services: Diener and Off-Site Support
Hospital autopsy services are disappearing, and pathology chairs feel the loss every week. Staff are stretched thin, morgue space is limited, and...
Fetal Autopsy After Stillbirth: Questions Parents Can Ask
Quick answers What it is: an exam of the baby, placenta, and cord to learn why the baby died. Who decides: the legal next of kin, usually the...
Brain Donation vs Private Brain-Only Autopsy
Both brain donation and a private brain-only autopsy can confirm a dementia diagnosis after death. Donation sends findings mainly to a research...
Private Autopsy After Hospital Death: Was It Really Sepsis?
A family hears that their loved one died of sepsis in the hospital, and the explanation sounds final. Yet many families begin to ask one question:...
Fentanyl Death Certificate: From Autopsy to Court
A fentanyl death certificate rarely tells the full story. It lists a cause and a manner of death, but not how investigators got there, and it does...
Private Autopsy for Life Insurance Claim Denials
Losing a loved one is hard enough without an insurance company adding to the pain. Many families learn too late about this problem. A private...
Exhumation for Autopsy: Uncovering Nursing Home Abuse
A family buries a parent. The nursing home says the death was natural. Weeks later, a phone call comes in. Or a gap turns up in the medical records....
Private Autopsy Requests: What Funeral Homes Should Know
More families are asking about a private autopsy before finalizing burial or cremation plans. Handling a funeral home private autopsy request well...
Postmortem Diagnosis and Mesothelioma Wrongful Death Claim
Losing a loved one to an asbestos related illness is hard. It gets harder when you also have to prove what caused the death. Many families learn...
