Increasing autopsy rates at a public hospital

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 315-317

  Souza, Victor L ^a   Rosner, Fred ^a,b  

^a QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

autopsy; autopsy rate; permission for autopsy; public hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEW YORK; POLICY MAKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030956862     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-5069-6     Document Type: Article

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