Declining autopsy rate in a French hospital: Physicians' attitudes to the autopsy and use of autopsy material in research publications

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 739-745

  Chariot, Patrick ^a,b   Witt, Karine ^a   Pautot, Vivien ^a   Porcher, Raphaël ^c   Thomas, Guy ^c,d   Zafrani, Elle Serge ^a   Lemaire, François ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^c Unit of Biostatistics   (France)

^d Obstetric/Gynecology Department   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; FRANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOPSY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0034070105     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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