Autopsies are and remain the gold standard in post-mortem diagnostics. No other examination method allows for such a complete investigation, understanding, and tracing of final disease states, injuries, pathophysiologies and mechanisms, as well as causes of death, as an autopsy does. The removal of pathological-anatomical case demonstrations in the draft of the German Medical Licensing Act (ÄApprO) is incomprehensible to us. We strongly recommend on our part to correct this change. For this reason, NATON advocates for the Professional Association of German Pathologists in issuing a renewed statement by providing a Letter of Support. Only by maintaining the case demonstrations can future physicians experience and learn about the opportunities that autopsies provide.
