Why Are Fewer Autopsies Occurring In The United States Today?

Why Are Fewer Autopsies Occurring In The United States Today? Experts at the Mayo Clinic have concluded that “a wide range of medical, legal, social, and economic causes” are responsible for the decline of nonforensic autopsies and proposed no fewer than 46 interventions to reverse this trend. Why are autopsy rates decreasing? Aug. 4, 2011