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Consent for Autopsies

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1983
DIFFERENT laws apply to the granting of permission to perform an autopsy, depending on whether authorization is ordered primarily for legal purposes or requested for medical purposes. Generally, the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased can authorize or prohibit an autopsy.
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To Image or to Autopsy?

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2012
In this issue, Wichmann and coworkers compared findings of virtual and traditional autopsies in patients who died in an intensive care unit.
Elizabeth C, Burton, Mahmud, Mossa-Basha
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Uses of the Autopsy

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1965
The autopsy is a method of studying health and disease. The methods of performing it have changed a little (but not much) since the days of Rokitansky and Virchow. But today in the study of disease, other methods are available which to many seem to be endowed with qualities more dynamic than the morphologic approach.
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Value of the Autopsy

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1984
To the Editor.— The Sept 2, 1983, issue ofThe Journalprovides valuable perspectives of the information gained from performance of autopsies. Additional persuasive arguments for the use of the autopsy in such medical staff affairs as quality assurance and risk management are provided by Clark. 1 His study is of particular value because it analyzed more
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A Meeting at Autopsy

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2015
I wondered how long it would take me to get used to this. Seeing people in their birthday suit, or should I say death suit. Dark, I know.
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The Autopsy in Geriatrics†

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1975
ABSTRACTThe marked decline in the autopsy rate is a serious matter that is not receiving enough attention in the present medical system. Before 1940, a high rate of postmortem examinations was a mark of distinction for a hospital and the findings contributed greatly to our knowledge of disease. This should continue.
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Medicolegal Autopsies and Autopsy Toxicology

2002
In the broadest sense, a medicolegal autopsy generates an evidentiary document that forms a basis for opinions rendered in a criminal trial, deposition, wrongful death civil suit, medical malpractice civil suit, administrative hearing, or workmen’s compensation hearing.
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Virtual autopsy

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 2013
Carl ...
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The genetic autopsy

Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2013
To assess the relevance of perinatal and pediatric autopsies in genetic and metabolic diseases.Genetic investigations are an important component of fetal autopsies. Despite the advances in imaging diagnosis, the autopsy can identify abnormalities not seen on ultrasound or MRI, as confirmed in recent comparative studies. This is crucial in the diagnosis
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THE AUTOPSY IN PEDIATRICS

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1986
"Dr K. didn't ask the parents for an autopsy. He knew why the baby died." This comment, made from one medical student to another in a hospital elevator recently, jolted me out of complacency. I am a pediatric pathologist and know from experience that every postmortem examination in an infant or child yields benefits far beyond establishing the cause of
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