Bring Back the Autopsy - The New York Times - 0 views
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Lottie Peppers on 06 Mar 16I'd come that afternoon to witness what has become a rarity: the non-forensic medical autopsy. "Autopsy" means to see for oneself, and that is exactly what doctors once did. Fifty years ago we performed autopsies on roughly half of patients who died in hospitals. Today, the number of autopsies has dwindled to less than 10 percent, with next to none in nonacademic hospitals.