Onduidelijke rol van de gemeentelijk lijkschouwer en de behandelend arts bij natuurlijk en niet-natuurlijk overlijden in Nederland

- The role of the attending physician and the district medical examiner in the case of a natural or unnatural death is subject to a number of legal regulations. The different parts of a post-mortem examination, the conditions for the issue of a death certificate, the term ‘attending physician’, and the position and duties of the district medical examiner are not, however, unequivocally specified in Dutch law. This gives rise to frequent misunderstandings.