ACTUALIZACIÓN DEL DICTAMEN DE AUTOPSIA MÉDICO-FORENSE EN LA MORGUE JUDICIAL LA PAZ BOLIVIA

Abstract

Listing clearly the basic components of an autopsy, in the form of a checklist, will enable technical procedures to adequately address forensic medical autopsy findings in those cases where the cause of death is under study or is unclear, in situations such as a traffic accident, falls, or other traumas of various or non-specific origins. In this sense, the present investigation focus on forensic autopsy reports, based on a comparison between the current forensic medical reports carried out in La Paz-Bolivia and the forensic medical reports used internationally such as the Minnesota Protocol and the Medical Autopsy Protocol of Veracruz-Mexico. Using a qualitative approach with a descriptive investigation and a documental research methodology, we proceeded to collect reports from the judicial morgue of La Paz-Bolivia and the Forensic Investigation Service of Veracruz -Mexico. Based on this documentation, a bibliographic-analytical matrix was elaborated, from which the authors concluded that the main deficiency of the judicial morgue of La Paz-Bolivia is that it does not have a standardized Protocol to carry out the forensic medical autopsy reports. Therefore, an update of the forensic autopsy report was proposed along with a forensic medical autopsy protocol that serves as a reference to improve the professional service and therefore of the entire judicial morgue of La Paz-Bolivia in terms of clarification of a death. Keywords: Report, Update, Forensic Medical Autopsy, Protocol.