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H E Emson

Publications and source records attributed to H E Emson.

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PubMed1992

Notes on necropsy.

From the above it can be seen that autopsy is not a grotesque, macabre procedure performed for peculiar and disreputable reasons in a remote corner of the hospital. On the contrary, it is a scientific study designed to forward our knowledge of health and disease by the three primary methods of service, teaching and research. The examination of a dead body is always an emotional procedure. The pathologist and those concerned with frequent performance of autopsies become accustomed to it. To witness an autopsy may cause considerable emotional reaction in inexperienced people. As part of the learning experience, it can be very useful and appropriate staff are welcome to attend by arrangement. As proper protection garments are required and the suitability of viewing certain autopsies may arise, a formal request to the responsible pathologist is necessary. Whatever one's religious beliefs, it may be helpful to think of the deceased person's body as something which he or she has used during life, but which is no longer in any real way the persons once life has departed. The decreased body must be treated with dignity and respect as representing the remains of what was a human being and because of the natural desire of the next of kin that the remains of their relative should so be treated; it is not the person who used the body during life.

Autopsy↗
PubMed1991

The case of the empty body.

Autopsy on an externally intact decomposed body showed empty thoracic and abdominal cavities with no trace of normal organ content. The process producing this previously unencountered situation is discussed.

Aged↗
PubMed1989

Realism or cynicism?

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Conservation of Natural Resources↗
PubMed1988

Confidentiality: a modified value.

In its original expression as a medical value confidentiality may have been absolute; this concept has become eroded by patient consent, legal actions and change in the climate of public opinion. In particular requirements arising out of legal statutes and common law judgements have greatly modified the confidentiality of the doctor-patient relationship in societies deriving their law from English origins. Despite this, confidentiality remains a value which the physician must strive to preserve. He cannot however do this without considering its effect upon possible innocent third parties.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1987

The ethics of human cadaver organ transplantation: a biologist's viewpoint.

The rights of the various individuals involved in decision-making in cadaver organ donation are considered, and there is discussion of the relation of human cadavers to the planetary biomass. I conclude that the rights of the potential recipient should outweigh those of the other parties concerned and that education and legislation should recognise and promote this.

Biology↗