Oström M, Ahlm K, Eriksson A
Institutionen för samhällsmedicin och rehabilitering, Rättsmedicin, Umeå universitet, Rättsmedicinalverket.
Lakartidningen. 2001 Feb 28;98(9):955-9.
A death certificate was issued without a medicolegal autopsy in one third of all Swedish cases of unnatural death during 1991 through 1996. Out of 415 unnatural deaths in the northern part of Sweden, not subjected to a medicolegal autopsy but analyzed in this study, only 14% were reported to police authorities. Elderly, women and patients dying after a longer period of hospital care were more often not reported to the police. It is recommended that forensic pathologists be consulted in order to achieve better management of unnatural deaths.
在1991年至1996年期间，瑞典所有非自然死亡病例中有三分之一在未进行法医尸检的情况下就开具了死亡证明。在瑞典北部415例未进行法医尸检但在本研究中进行分析的非自然死亡病例中，只有14%上报给了警方。老年人、女性以及在较长时间住院治疗后死亡的患者较少上报给警方。建议咨询法医病理学家，以便更好地处理非自然死亡事件。
