Flowchart survey.

<p>Based on the mortuary logbook 1000 consecutive cases of adult patients who had died in our academic hospital were included in this prospective observational study using a questionnaire. Information was deemed insufficient for further analyses if the clinician had neither reported in the questionnaire, nor in the electronic patient record, whether or not they had discussed autopsy with the next-of-kin and requested consent. Three consent procedures had to be discarded: two on restricted autopsies, and one because the next-of-kin were unable to sign the consent form.