Expertiza medico-legală pe Cadavre și Bioetica
Medico-Legal Expertise on Bodies and Bioethics

Summary/Abstract: Thanatology is a complex science with roots in philosophy, medicine, and psychology. In forensic thanatology is studied the process of death in suspicious conditions, changes that occur in the human body after death, the causes and nature of death. Medico-legal expertise on bodies applies the thanatological results to answer legal questions based on data obtained from the examination of corpses and "traces" left alive. One of the main problems is bioethics - the science that determines the limits of forensic expertise. The purpose of this article is to sensitize the public opinion on the issue of medico-legal thanatology and the connection with bioethics by identifying conceptual and methodological landmarks to promote the importance of studying forensic thanatology in the Republic of Moldova. The article describes the specifics of the forensic problems of the terminal states, the connection between thanatology and the attitude towards euthanasia; forensic classification of the type and causes of death; the specifics of the forensic examination of corpses; the importance of additional laboratory research; the rights and obligations of the person in the terminal stage. In conclusion, the importance of studying thanatology in universities is emphasized.

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