Coronial Services Annual Report 2015-2016 [pdf, 3.9 MB]
...jurisdiction, they can direct a pathologist to perform a preliminary inspection or a post-mortem. A preliminary inspection can consist of an external visual examination of the body and/or the use of medical imaging. This helps to ensure unnecessary and costly post-mortems are avoided. If a post-mortem is needed, it can be either a full internal and external examination of the body, or a lesser examination. Often, a pathologist tries to perform the post-mortem as soon as possib...