Clinician beliefs underlying autopsy requests

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 846, 1996, Pages 224-228

  Birdi, K S ^a   Bunce, D J ^a   Start, R D ^b   Cotton, D W K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autopsy requests; Clinician attitudes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030002956     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.846.224     Document Type: Article

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