Funeral directors, mortuaries and necropsies: Implications for necropsy consent rates and the prevention of infection

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-222

  Start, R D ^a   Dube, A ^a   Cross, S S ^a   Underwood, J C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Funeral director; Mortuary; Necropsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0029998834     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.49.3.217     Document Type: Article

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