ABSTRACT
In this paper the current regulations on cadaveric preservation practices required for the transfer of corpses in the different Autonomous Communities -Reglamentos de Policía Sanitaria Mortuoria- and national legislation are compared. The criteria taken into account have been: a) which sanitary practices are included in the regulations, b) which ones can be carried out in corpses posing a health risk, c) when they are compulsory to be carried out, d) when they can be carried out after death, and e) what professionals can carry them out and/or take responsibility for them. At the time of finishing the paper, a new mortuary regulation is being passed in Andalusia, as well as a decree from the Ministry of Health on technical and sanitary requirements concerning international transfer of corpses and human remains.
Se comparan las normativas vigentes sobre prácticas sanitarias de conservación cadavérica requeridas para el traslado de cadáveres, en las diferentes Comunidades autónomas y la legislación estatal. Los criterios tenidos en cuenta han sido: qué prácticas sanitarias se incluyen en la normativa, cuáles pueden llevarse a cabo en cadáveres de riesgo sanitario, cuándo se requiere su realización, en qué momento tras el fallecimiento pueden realizarse y qué profesionales las pueden llevarlas a cabo y/o responsabilizarse de las mismas. En el momento de finalizar el artículo se está tramitando la publicación del nuevo decreto de sanidad mortuoria de Andalucía, así mismo se está elaborando, por parte del Ministerio de Sanidad, Consumo y Bienestar Social, un Real Decreto sobre "Condiciones técnico sanitarias básicas en materia de traslado internacional de cadáveres, restos humanos y restos cadavéricos".
Subject(s)
Cadaver , Embalming/legislation & jurisprudence , Government Regulation , Mortuary Practice/legislation & jurisprudence , Tissue Preservation , Embalming/methods , Embalming/standards , Humans , Mortuary Practice/methods , Spain , Tissue Preservation/methods , Tissue Preservation/standardsABSTRACT
Se comparan las normativas vigentes sobre prácticas sanitarias de conservación cadavérica requeridas para el traslado de cadáveres, en las diferentes Comunidades autónomas y la legislación estatal. Los criterios tenidos en cuenta han sido: qué prácticas sanitarias se incluyen en la normativa, cuáles pueden llevarse a cabo en cadáveres de riesgo sanitario, cuándo se requiere su realización, en qué momento tras el fallecimiento pueden realizarse y qué profesionales las pueden llevarlas a cabo y/o responsabilizarse de las mismas. En el momento de finalizar el artículo se está tramitando la publicación del nuevo decreto de sanidad mortuoria de Andalucía, así mismo se está elaborando, por parte del Ministerio de Sanidad, Consumo y Bienestar Social, un Real Decreto sobre "Condiciones técnico sanitarias básicas en materia de traslado internacional de cadáveres, restos humanos y restos cadavéricos"
In this paper the current regulations on cadaveric preservation practices required for the transfer of corpses in the different Autonomous Communities -Reglamentos de Policía Sanitaria Mortuoria- and national legislation are compared. The criteria taken into account have been: a) which sanitary practices are included in the regulations, b) which ones can be carried out in corpses posing a health risk, c) when they are compulsory to be carried out, d) when they can be carried out after death, and e) what professionals can carry them out and/or take responsibility for them. At the time of finishing the paper, a new mortuary regulation is being passed in Andalusia, as well as a decree from the Ministry of Health on technical and sanitary requirements concerning international transfer of corpses and human remains
Subject(s)
Humans , Cadaver , Embalming/legislation & jurisprudence , Government Regulation , Mortuary Practice/legislation & jurisprudence , Tissue Preservation/methods , Tissue Preservation/standards , Embalming/methods , Embalming/standards , Mortuary Practice/methods , SpainABSTRACT
La momificación o embalsamamiento es un proceso que se desarrolló en el Antiguo Egipto para conservar el cuerpo tras la muerte, y preservar así la identidad del individuo en la vida futura, de acuerdo con sus costumbres funerarias. El rito de la «Apertura de la Boca y los Ojos», formaba parte de los ritos funerarios y pretendía devolver al difunto la capacidad de hablar y de observar en el más allá. Se realizaba sobre el cadáver previamente a su embalsamamiento, o bien se «representaba» ante la momia ya embalsamada o una estatua de la misma. Se presenta el caso de un cráneo humano momificado del Museo de Antropología Forense, Paleopatología y Criminalística de la Escuela de Medicina Legal de Madrid. Presenta protrusión lingual y fracturas en los dientes del grupo anterosuperior (AU)
Mummification or embalming is a process which was developed in Ancient Egypt in order to preserve the body after death, and thereby to maintain the individual's identity in the afterlife, in accordance with Ancient Egyptian funerary customs. The ritual of Opening the Mouth and Eyes formed part of the funerary rituals and constituted an attempt to restore the ability of the deceased to speak and see in the life beyond. It was performed on the corpse prior to embalming, or it was «performed» in front of the mummy after embalming or a statue of the mummy. We present the case of a mummified human cranium from the Forensic Anthropology, Paleopathology and Criminal Studies Museum at the Legal Medicine School of Madrid. It displays a protruding tongue and fractures on the teeth in the anterosuperior group (AU)
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Humans , Male , Mummies , Embalming/ethics , Embalming/legislation & jurisprudence , Embalming/methods , Tooth Injuries/epidemiology , Paleodontology/methods , Forensic Anthropology/history , Forensic Anthropology/legislation & jurisprudence , Embalming/standards , Egypt/ethnology , Forensic Anthropology/methods , Forensic Anthropology/organization & administration , Forensic Anthropology/standards , Paleopathology/legislation & jurisprudence , Paleopathology/methods , Radiography, Panoramic/methods , Postmortem ChangesABSTRACT
Recent updates (novelizations) of Czech medical laws are very strict with regards to manipulation with corpses. The authors refer to several instances where healthcare personnel come to contact with corpses and state the relevant regulations (laws) including applicable penalties in case they are not adhered to.
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Autopsy/legislation & jurisprudence , Cadaver , Forensic Medicine/legislation & jurisprudence , Czech Republic , Death Certificates , Embalming/legislation & jurisprudence , Humans , Tissue and Organ Harvesting/legislation & jurisprudenceABSTRACT
AIDS: The Fisher Funeral Home of Portsmouth, VA reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to end a practice of charging additional fees for embalming the bodies of people who died of AIDS-related complications. The funeral home will pay reimbursements and damages to nine families who were overcharged between July 1992 and November 1993. Because morticians and funeral home employees are legally required to treat all bodies as if they were infected, there is no legal basis for charging more when the deceased had AIDS.^ieng
