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Editorial Back

Christer Sundström
Editorial
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 279; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.279 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Autopsy and its Uses Back

BÉLA VERESS and IRINA ALAFUZOFF
Clinical Diagnostic Accuracy Audited by Autopsy in a University Hospital in Two Eras
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 281-286; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.281 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MONA BRITTON
The Role of Autopsies in Medical Audit: Examples from a Department of Medicine
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 287-290; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.287 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NILS H. STERNBY
The Role of Autopsy in Cancer Registration in Sweden, with Special Reference to Findings in Malmö
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 291-294; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.291 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

INGA HÄGERSTRAND and LENA-MARIA LUNDBERG
The Importance of Post-mortem Examinations of Abortions and Perinatal Deaths
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 295-297; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.295 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MONA BRITTON
The Role of Autopsy Findings in Multicenter Treatment Evaluations as Exemplified by Two Aspirin Trials
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 299-302; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.299 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ANDERS LINDGREN
Autopsy and Cause of Death in Randomized Mammography Studies
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 303-307; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.303 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ROLLA B. HILL
The Current Status of Autopsies in Medical Care in the USA
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 309-313; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.309 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLAUS N. A. PETRI
Decrease in the Frequency of Autopsies in Denmark after the Introduction of a New Autopsy Act
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 315-318; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.315 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LARS ERIKSSON and CHRISTER SUNDSTRÖM
Decreasing Autopsy Rate in Sweden Reflects Changing Attitudes Among Clinicians
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 319-323; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.319 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. D. START and D. W. K. COTTON
The Meta-autopsy: Changing Techniques and Attitudes Towards the Autopsy
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 325-332; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.325 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. VERESS, V. GADALEANU, I. NENNESMO, and B. M. WIKSTRÖM
The Reliability of Autopsy Diagnostics: Inter-observer Variation between Pathologists, a Preliminary Report
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 333-337; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.333 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Autopsy as a Scientific Method Back

RODOLFO SARACCI
Problems with the Use of Autopsy Results as a Yardstick in Medical Audit and Epidemiology
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 339-344; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.339 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IRINA ALAFUZOFF and BÉLA VERESS
The Selection for Post-mortem Examination: a Retrospective Analysis of 74 Deceased Surgical Cases
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 345-349; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.345 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ROLLA B. HILL and ROBERT E. ANDERSON
An Autopsy-based Quality Assessment Program for Improvement of Diagnostic Accuracy
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 351-359; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.351 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Questions and Answers Back

The Questions
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 361-367; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.361 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcements Back

Health Care Quality: The Roles of Professionals, Citizens and Market Forces XI World Congress of the International Socity for Quality in Health Care (ISQua)
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 367-369; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.367 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abstractos en este Numero Back

BÉLA VERESS and IRINA ALAFUZOFF
Evaluación de la Precisión de los Diagnósticos Clínicos a Través de las Autopsias en dos Etapas, de un Hospital Universitario
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 371; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.371 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MONA BRITTON
El Papel de las Autopsias en la Garantia de Calidad. Ejemplos de un Departamento de Medicina
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 371; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.371-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NILS H. STERNBY
El Papel de la Autopsia en el Registro de Cáncer en Suecia, con Especial Referencia a los Resultados en Malmö
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 371; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.371-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

INGA HÄGERSTRAND and LENA-MARIA LUNDBERG
La Importancia de los Exámenes Postmortem en Abortos y Muertes Perinatales
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 371-372; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.371-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MONA BRITTON
El Papel de los Hallazgos Post-mortem en una Evaluación Multicéntrica de Tratamiento: El Ejemplo de dos Ensayos Clínicos con Aspirina
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 372; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.372 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. D. START and D. W. K. COTTON
La Meta-Autopsia: Cambio de Técnicas y Actitudes en Relación a la Autopsia
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 372; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.372-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. VERESS, V. GADALEANU, I. NENNESMO, and B. M. WIKSTRÖM
Fiabilidad de los Diagnósticos de Autopsia. Variación Intra Observadores Entre Patólogos: Comunicación Preliminar
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 372; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.372-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RODOLFO SARACCI
Problemas en el Uso de los Resultados de las Autopsias como Criterio en Garantía de Calidad y Epidemiología
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 372-373; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.372-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ROLLA B. HILL and ROBERT E. ANDERSON
Un Programa de Evaluación de Calidad para la Mejora de la Precisión de los Diagnósticos, Basado en las Autopsias
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 373; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.373 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IRINA ALAFUZOFF and BÉLA VERESS
La Selección de los Exámenes Postmortem. Un Análisis Retrospectivo de 74 Exitus Quirúrgicos
Int J Qual Health Care 1993 5: 373; doi:10.1093/intqhc/5.4.373-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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