CHS PhD Oration 15-Oct-09: Sensing the corpse: A social anatomy of the hospital autopsy

4-5pm, Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton

Presented by Dr Philomena Horsley

Dead bodies are in vogue. Dissected corpses litter our television screens and crime books. Yet in Western hospitals the autopsy is almost extinct, and opinions about the usefulness of the modern autopsy remain sharply divided. How can this be? Why has the autopsy become so unpopular in modern medicine? Does it still have a role to play in scrutinising death? And should the public be invited to join the debate about its future?

For further information please see the event flyer.

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