Comments on: Virtopsy: The Non-Invasive Autopsy http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/28/virtopsy/ Discourses in the Intellectual Traditions, Political Situation, and Social Ethics of Muslim Life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ameera http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/28/virtopsy/#comment-40065 Ameera Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:12:43 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3842#comment-40065 A practical and useful alternative to the regular autopsy is always welcome. On the very first day of my 3rd year at med school (last year), I was shown an autopsy video by the Forensic Med dept! It was very, very difficult to watch it, especially certain parts. However, you cannot deny the benefit that comes from autopsies, especially in suspected criminal cases. As a med student, I am amazed by how much doctors can discover from autopsies. In fact, dissection halls have enabled medicine to progress by leaps and bounds... I cannot imagine medicine without the anatomical, pathological, surgical information that can be learned through dissections and autopsies. However, EVEN IF the best and most <em>honorable</em>, so to speak, methods are used... these procedures are no little thing and while "chopping block" is not the best description of the autopsy table, it does come ominously close. A practical and useful alternative to the regular autopsy is always welcome. On the very first day of my 3rd year at med school (last year), I was shown an autopsy video by the Forensic Med dept! It was very, very difficult to watch it, especially certain parts. However, you cannot deny the benefit that comes from autopsies, especially in suspected criminal cases. As a med student, I am amazed by how much doctors can discover from autopsies. In fact, dissection halls have enabled medicine to progress by leaps and bounds… I cannot imagine medicine without the anatomical, pathological, surgical information that can be learned through dissections and autopsies.

However, EVEN IF the best and most honorable, so to speak, methods are used… these procedures are no little thing and while “chopping block” is not the best description of the autopsy table, it does come ominously close.

]]> By: Sister http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/28/virtopsy/#comment-39582 Sister Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:14:01 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3842#comment-39582 wow this is interesting... wow this is interesting…

]]> By: iMuslim http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/28/virtopsy/#comment-39509 iMuslim Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:48:36 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3842#comment-39509 Wa 'alaykum salam wa rahmatullah Jad. The source I quoted from was definitely trying to 'big up' Virtopsy, for their own interests. But generally speaking, it looks like coroners would not give up on surgical autopsy completely, for the reasons you mentioned. Wa ‘alaykum salam wa rahmatullah Jad. The source I quoted from was definitely trying to ‘big up’ Virtopsy, for their own interests. But generally speaking, it looks like coroners would not give up on surgical autopsy completely, for the reasons you mentioned.

]]> By: Jad http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/28/virtopsy/#comment-39463 Jad Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:17:23 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3842#comment-39463 Salam, This is a great idea. This is the first time I hear about this and it sounds really cool, so I do not know much about it. InshaAllah, I am planning on reading on it. I am a little skeptical though because the article did not offer any drawbacks to this technique. There are many disease processes that connot be diagnosed without a biopsy and many more lesions that are not detectable through MRI or CT. I think a hybrid method of a virtopsies and minimally invasive guided biopsies is the way to go. Salam,

This is a great idea. This is the first time I hear about this and it sounds really cool, so I do not know much about it. InshaAllah, I am planning on reading on it. I am a little skeptical though because the article did not offer any drawbacks to this technique. There are many disease processes that connot be diagnosed without a biopsy and many more lesions that are not detectable through MRI or CT.

I think a hybrid method of a virtopsies and minimally invasive guided biopsies is the way to go.

]]> By: AnonyMouse http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/28/virtopsy/#comment-39450 AnonyMouse Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:33:17 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3842#comment-39450 Reminds me of something I've seen on CSI :D On a more serious note, this is excellent - it would be extremely useful for Muslim communities everywhere... hmmm, I wonder if there's a way to contact your local legal authorities (police, the hospital since they're usually in charge of autopsy stuff) and advocate for the introduction of the "virtopsy"... Reminds me of something I’ve seen on CSI :D
On a more serious note, this is excellent – it would be extremely useful for Muslim communities everywhere… hmmm, I wonder if there’s a way to contact your local legal authorities (police, the hospital since they’re usually in charge of autopsy stuff) and advocate for the introduction of the “virtopsy”…

]]> By: talib http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/28/virtopsy/#comment-39445 talib Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:52:44 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3842#comment-39445 wow....thanks for posting this!!! this is so fascinating subhanAllah. Medicine is just so awesome(after med school, before med school, or when ur an AOA)... wassalaam! wow….thanks for posting this!!!
this is so fascinating subhanAllah. Medicine is just so awesome(after med school, before med school, or when ur an AOA)…

wassalaam!

]]> By: J http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/28/virtopsy/#comment-39444 J Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:06:22 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3842#comment-39444 Jazakh-Allah khair. Excellent stuff! Al-Hamdu Lillah. I wonder if this is an option on the "other side of the pond"! Jazakh-Allah khair.

Excellent stuff! Al-Hamdu Lillah.

I wonder if this is an option on the “other side of the pond”!

]]> By: abu abdAllah Tariq Ahmed http://muslimmatters.org/2009/02/28/virtopsy/#comment-39431 abu abdAllah Tariq Ahmed Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:35:20 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=3842#comment-39431 BarakAllaho feek! BarakAllaho feek!

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