To redeem them from death. Reactions of family members to autopsy

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 665-671

  McPhee, Stephen J ^a   Bottles, Kent ^a   Lo, Bernard ^a   Saika, Glenn ^a   Crommie, Deirdre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTOPSY; FAMILY; HUMAN;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUTOPSY; FAMILY; HUMAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0022706576     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(86)90822-3     Document Type: Article

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5. Death questionnaire
6. Lay perceptions of autopsy
7. The autopsy: its decline and suggestions for its revival
8. The physician's role in the events surrounding patient death
9. One department's experience with increasing the autopsy rate
10. The postautopsy conference with families
11. Talking to the family after an autopsy