Medical autopsy: Whose gain is it? An audit

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-192

  Jashnani, Kusum D ^a,b   Deshpande, Jaya R ^a   Amonkar, Gayathri P ^a  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Opp Kakad Industrial Estate   (India)

Author keywords

Audit; Autopsy audit; Medical audit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICAL AUDIT;

EID: 33747790201     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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