Evidence for cause of death in patients dying in an accident and emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-351

  Quigley, M ^a   Burton, J ^a  

^a DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCURACY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DYING; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038298387     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.4.349     Document Type: Article

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