Attitudes toward autopsy in unexpected death: A nationwide survey of physicians and risk managers in Japanese teaching hospitals

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 60-66

  Kamishiraki, Etsuko ^a   Maeda, Shoichi ^b   Starkey, Jay ^c   Ikeda, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77954916971     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/msl.2010.010004     Document Type: Article

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