Autopsies are a useful quality instrument because of unexpected clinically relevant findings and the answering of clinical questions; a retrospective study;Obductie nuttig kwaliteitsinstrument vanwege onverwachte, klinisch relevante bevindingen en beantwoording van klinische vragen; een retrospectieve studie

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 147, Issue 27, 2003, Pages 1318-1322

  Van Venrooij, N A ^a   Lenders, J J W M ^a   Lammens, M M Y ^a   Van Krieken, J H J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AUTOPSY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038010130     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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