The vanishing nonforensic autopsy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 873-875

  Shojania, Kaveh G ^a,b   Burton, Elizabeth C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL; ARTICLE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40049105749     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0707996     Document Type: Article

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