Prohibiting autopsy by claim/letter

[DarknessInMe]

In the past, there were two points that kept me from attempting a thousand times: My family and the fact that I couldn't endure the thought of an autopsy of my corpse after having succeeded.
The reason why this was so important to me is that I was born in a female body despite being a man and nobody in my environment (except my family and people I knew in the past since I already came out as a boy as I was about 12) knows this. Hating my body so much and feeling so ugly and absolutely worthless to not be able to be a "normal" man is the main reason for my decision to take my life.
Does anybody of you know if there is a way to prohibit an autopsy after a suicide in Germany? This would be extremely important to me.

 

[blackwidow]

No way at all.

 

[locked*n*loaded]

If your body was never found, there couldn't be an autopsy. Very hard to do, though.

 

[gomikasu]

Just don't leave a body, easy. You're going to get one unless your body isn't found or there's not enough body to preform an autopsy, which leaves assisted suicide where you have someone dispose of your body and risk getting in serious legal trouble or explosion(s) leaving next to nothing left. I don't really understand why it matters seeing as you'll never know.

 

[Worndown]

I doubt it. Requesting that would give them more reason to do it.

 

[DeadManLiving]

I am not familiar with the laws governing the disposition of remains in Deutschland, but at least in the US and likely consistent with most other jurisdictions your body would not be subject to autopsy under the following conditions:

1) If there were sufficient grounds to believe that you belonged to a recognized sect, creed or religion which objected to the practice of autopsies or the mutilation of the body post mortem;

2) your body was never located (i.e. you committed suicide in a far away remote location in the woods, mountains or some confined space which prevented rescue workers from locating your remains).

Exception (1) would not apply if there were reasonable belief that foul play was suspected or your death did not occur as a result of natural causes.

 

[Das Nichts]

They will perform an autopsy to rule out 3rd party involvement e.g. murder.

 

[DarknessInMe]

Thanks for your answers! It sucks to hear that there hardly will be an option to prohibit them from that.

 

[befree]

Does anybody of you know if there is a way to prohibit an autopsy after a suicide in Germany?

No, because suicide is processed as a violation of the law. But what you can do in most European countries:
A living will (Patientenverfügung) that prohibits doctors from life-prolonging treatments, even in the case of a failed suicide attempt.
In that case, even if a person has survived a suicide attempt, the person might still die, because there is no life-saving treatment.

This living will also applies without restriction in the event of a failed suicide attempt.​

There is also an authority in some EU countries where you can store your living will electronically. All clinics have 24-hour access to it.
I also always have a copy in my backpack, with a copy of my passport on the back of each page.

I found this: https://www.vorsorgeregister.de/privatpersonen/zweck-der-registrierung

 

[DarknessInMe]

No, because suicide is processed as a violation of the law. But what you can do in most European countries:
A living will (Patientenverfügung) that prohibits doctors from life-prolonging treatments, even in the case of a failed suicide attempt.
In that case, even if a person has survived a suicide attempt, the person might still die, because there is no life-saving treatment.

This living will also applies without restriction in the event of a failed suicide attempt.​

There is also an authority in some EU countries where you can store your living will electronically. All clinics have 24-hour access to it.
I also always have a copy in my backpack, with a copy of my passport on the back of each page.

I found this: https://www.vorsorgeregister.de/privatpersonen/zweck-der-registrierung

I didn't know that was possible, thank you for sharing!