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The Dying Autopsy
05/01/11 11:40 Filed in: Medical & Health
This medical procedure is about to disappear !
The Dying Autopsy
In modern clinical practice the autopsy has been relegated to infrequent use. However, as a diagnostic tool the autopsy remains an important medical procedure with substantial, if largely underutilized, potential to advance medical knowledge and improve clinical practice. Many doctors now lack familiarity with autopsy practices, and are insufficiently aware of the benefits for not only bereaved families and also present and future patients. For more information go to the link below for a review, which has an international perspective, that examines the decline of the autopsy, the legal frameworks that govern its use, the value and potential pitfalls of alternatives, and the autopsy's role in undergraduate medical education. The reviews also highlight the continuing value of autopsies to improve the completeness and reliability of death certification for public-health and to bereaved families.
Need more info: visit these sites:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916395,00.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1294451/pdf/jrsocmed00086-0062.pdf
In modern clinical practice the autopsy has been relegated to infrequent use. However, as a diagnostic tool the autopsy remains an important medical procedure with substantial, if largely underutilized, potential to advance medical knowledge and improve clinical practice. Many doctors now lack familiarity with autopsy practices, and are insufficiently aware of the benefits for not only bereaved families and also present and future patients. For more information go to the link below for a review, which has an international perspective, that examines the decline of the autopsy, the legal frameworks that govern its use, the value and potential pitfalls of alternatives, and the autopsy's role in undergraduate medical education. The reviews also highlight the continuing value of autopsies to improve the completeness and reliability of death certification for public-health and to bereaved families.
Need more info: visit these sites:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,916395,00.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1294451/pdf/jrsocmed00086-0062.pdf
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