The impact of declining clinical autopsy: need for revised healthcare policy.

Jianguo Xiao; Gerhard R F Krueger; Maximilian Buja; Michael Covinsky

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The impact of declining clinical autopsy: need for revised healthcare policy.

February 4, 2009

Xiao J, Krueger GRF, Buja M, et al. Am J Med Sci. 2009;337(1):41-6.

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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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