The use of personal health information in the coroner's inquiry

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 509-511

  James, D S ^b   Leadbeatter, S ^a  

^a Wales Institute of Forensic Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b Cardiff Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CORONER; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RECORD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS;

EID: 0031216492     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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