Dilemmas and solutions for the pathologist and clinician encountering religious views of the autopsy

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1041-1044

  Davis, Gregory J ^a,b,c   Peterson, Bradley R ^a,b  

^a Bowman Gray School of Medicine ^*

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN; RELIGION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOPSY; CHRISTIANITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; JUDAISM; MALE; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 0029908696     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199611000-00003     Document Type: Article

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