Autopsy acceptance rate and reasons for decline in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1015-1018

  Cox, Janneke A ^a   Lukande, Robert L ^b   Kateregga, Alice ^c   Mayanja Kizza, Harriet ^c   Manabe, Yukari C ^d   Colebunders, Robert ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Autopsy; Post mortem; Sub Saharan Africa; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; UGANDA; WARD;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

EID: 79960265590     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02798.x     Document Type: Article

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