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The current status of autopsies in medical care in the USA
1Pathology Department, State University of New York, Health Science Center, Syracuse.
Quality Assurance in Health Care : the Official Journal of the International Society for Quality Assurance in Health Care
|December 1, 1993
Abstract:
Once a cornerstone of medical education and medical practice, the autopsy has fallen into disuse and disregard in many circles in the USA. In this review of the autopsy today in the United States of America, I explore some of the values that should be exploited through autopsy study, the actual status of autopsy performance, and some of the initiatives that are being taken to counteract this trend.