| The slow death of the clinical post-mortem examination: implications for clinical audit, diagnostics and medical education. | |
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PMID: 15536869 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The adult clinical post-mortem examination has seriously declined in Norwich recently, with only 34 of them (representing 1.4% of deaths in hospital) having been undertaken in 2003. Moreover, the next-of-kin are increasingly restricting the extent of the examination when they give consent. Analogous but less severe changes have occurred in the post-mortem examination of stillbirths and perinates. Many clinicians are unaware of these events, which may come to have wide-ranging detrimental effects. One possible cause is the lack of training of junior medical staff in obtaining consent for post-mortem examination, though other factors are also important. |
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Authors:
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Urszula Carr; Lesley Bowker; Richard Y Ball |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Clinical medicine (London, England) Volume: 4 ISSN: 1470-2118 ISO Abbreviation: Clin Med Publication Date: 2004 Sep-Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-11-11 Completed Date: 2004-12-21 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101092853 Medline TA: Clin Med Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 417-23 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Histopathology/Cytopathology, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital. |
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Autopsy
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statistics & numerical data* England Humans Informed Consent Medical Audit Medical Staff, Hospital Physician's Role |
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