Increasing the efficiency of autopsy reporting

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1932-1937

  Siebert, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; TIME;

AUTOPSY; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73949096902     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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