Lessons from our patients: Development of a warm autopsy program

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 0953-0955

  Lindell, Kathleen Oare ^a,b   Erlen, Judith A ^b   Kaminski, Naftali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGAN DONOR; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; LUNG; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AUTOPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MORTUARY PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE BANKS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33746569042     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030234     Document Type: Short Survey

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