Quality improvement on an academic autopsy service

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 237-245

  Sinard, J H ^a   Blood, D J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOPSY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035112831     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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