Does it matter who requests necropsies? Prospective study of effect of clinical audit on rate of requests

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7096, 1997, Pages 1729-

  Kamal, Imad S ^a   Forsyth, Duncan R ^a   Jones, Jeannette R ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOPSY; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0007573044     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7096.1729     Document Type: Article

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