The value of autopsy, believe it or not

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9581, 2007, Pages 27-

  Cooper, Heather ^a   Lucas, Sebastian B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CONFIDENTIAL ENQUIRY INTO PATIENT OUTCOME AND DEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; LETTER; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; HUMAN; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD;

AUTOPSY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 34347330099     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61042-3     Document Type: Letter

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