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Attitudes toward clinical autopsy in unexpected patient deaths in Japan: a nation-wide survey of the general public and physicians
- Correspondence to Dr Shoichi Maeda, Keio University, Graduate School of Health Management, 4411 Endo, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8530, Japan;sho-ichi{at}umin.ac.jp
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Attitudes toward clinical autopsy in unexpected patient deaths in Japan: a nation-wide survey of the general public and physicians
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- Received June 15, 2012
- Revised August 23, 2012
- Accepted August 29, 2012
- First published September 27, 2012.
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April 27, 2016
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