Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0455035
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Establishing Guidelines for Coronial Best Practice Use of Internal Autopsy. Last year in Queensland 2700 Coronial internal autopsies were conducted at a cost of $5.3 million. In addition to the economic cost, other relevant concerns include few qualified personnel, public health risks, and cultural and religious sensitivities associated with internal autopsy. Anecdotal evidence suggests that for a number of these deaths, the internal autopsy was not necessary to establish cause or circumstance of death. The purpose of this research is to create guidelines to enable coroners to weight all sources of evidence before ordering internal autopsies The purpose is to decrease the number (and associated costs, risks and distress to families) of unnecessary internal autopsies being performed without compromising the finding as to cause and circumstance of death.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 04-2005
End Date: 12-2008
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $55,150.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Pathology | Law | Criminology | Justice Systems And Administration
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Justice and the law not elsewhere classified | Public health not elsewhere classified |
