Medical students' experiences of the autopsy [10]

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-283

  Ruhaya, M ^a   de Villiers, F P R ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FRANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORTH AMERICA; PERINATAL DEATH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SWEDEN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0038287949     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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