Maximizing the benefits of autopsy for clinicians and families: What needs to be done

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 743-748

  McPhee, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATHOLOGIST; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029834240     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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