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Clinical utility and impact of autopsies on clinical practice among doctors in a large teaching hospital in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Autopsies can provide a good indication of the quality of patient care, in terms of the accuracy of clinical diagnosis and the quality of treatment given. DESIGNS: This was a cross-sectional study among clinicians at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in 2012. Data were collected with...

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Autores principales:	Tette, Edem, Yawson, Alfred E., Tettey, Yao
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Co-Action Publishing 2014
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3914029/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24499743 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.23132

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