Autopsy in the 21st Century Best Practices and Future Directions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hooper, Jody E. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Williamson, Alex K. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Pathology.; Oncology .; Oncology.

The field of autopsy pathology is enjoying an unexpected renaissance as new and improved uses for postmortem examination are found 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 mee...

Table of Contents:

• A Short History of Human Dissection and the Autopsy
• Utilizing the Autopsy for Quality Improvement
• The Future of Autopsy Reporting - Data Repository and Research Support
• Evolving Autopsy Practice Models
• Essential Techniques in Certain Decedent Populations
• The Autopsy in Medical Education and Training
• Forensic Autopsies
• The Science of Rapid Research Autopsy
• Performance of Rapid Research Autopsy
• Autopsy in the 21st Century: Looking Forward.