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The impact of declining clinical autopsy: need for revised healthcare policy.
Xiao J, Krueger GR, Buja LM, Covinsky M. Am J Med Sci. 2009;337:41-46.
This review discusses how autopsy rates for patients are at an all-time low, while major errors in clinical diagnoses have increased. The authors advocate for a change in policies concerning autopsies.
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