Report and Recommendations of the Association of Pathology Chairs' Autopsy Working Group

• Main Authors: Gregory G. Davis MD, MSPH (Author), Gayle L. Winters MD (Author), Billie S. Fyfe MD (Author), Jody E. Hooper MD (Author), Julia C. Iezzoni MD (Author), Rebecca L. Johnson MD (Author), Priscilla S. Markwood CAE (Author), Wesley Y. Naritoku MD, PhD (Author), Marcus Nashelsky MD (Author), Barbara A. Sampson MD, PhD (Author), Jacob J. Steinberg MD (Author), James R. Stubbs MD (Author), Charles Timmons MD, PhD (Author), Robert D. Hoffman MD, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Autopsy has been a foundation of pathology training for many years, but hospital autopsy rates are notoriously low. At the 2014 meeting of the Association of Pathology Chairs, some pathologists suggested removing autopsy from the training curriculum of pathology residents to provide additional month...