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Autopsy in the 21St Century : Best Practices and Future Directions by Jody E. Hooper & Alex K. Williamson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Autopsy as a field is enjoying an unexpected renaissance as new and improved uses are found for postmortem examination in quality improvement, education, and research. Increased interest in the autopsy is evident in the popular press as well as in national and international physician meetings.This text will provide an overview of topics the authors consider crucial to competent and effective autopsy practice in the 21st century. Each chapter will combine relevant theoretical background with current and practical experience-based guidance so that pathologists and clinicians can better utilize the autopsy to provide optimal value to families, patients, hospitals, and health systems. Distinguished contributors will provide a review of the rich history of autopsy practice, including assessments of how the past both informs autopsy practice and impedes its progress. The autopsy will be placed in the context of larger healthcare systems with chapters on the use of autopsy in quality improvement and evaluating the value of autopsy as a professional activity, as well as new technology that affects practice models. Better and more reproducible methods for reporting autopsy findings wi

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Jody E. Hooper & Alex K. Williamson
Publisher
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer
Published
2019
Language
EN
ISBN
9783319983738
Category
nonfiction

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