• Login
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Hospital Research
    • Munster
    • Cork University Hospital
    • View Item
    •   Home
    • Hospital Research
    • Munster
    • Cork University Hospital
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Map of Submissions

    Home Page
    UlsterN
    5079
    UlsterS
    5079
    Connacht
    1698
    Munster
    58
    Leinster
    465

    Browse

    All of Lenus, The Irish Health RepositoryCommunitiesTitleAuthorsDate publishedSubjectsThis CollectionTitleAuthorsDate publishedSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    About

    About LenusDirectory of Open Access JournalsOpen Access Publishing GuideNational Health Library & Knowledge ServiceGuide to Publishers' PoliciesFAQsTerms and ConditionsVision StatementORCID Unique identifiers for ResearchersHSE position statement on Open AccessNational Open Research Forum (NORF)Zenodo (European Open Research repository)

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    An exploratory study of the pattern of consent for autopsy in a regional hospital setting.

    • CSV
    • RefMan
    • EndNote
    • BibTex
    • RefWorks
    Authors
    Kaar, T K
    Dunne, E A
    O'Sullivan, S T
    O'Donnell, J A
    Kirwan, W O
    Brady, M P
    Affiliation
    Department of Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton.
    Issue Date
    2012-02-03T15:15:49Z
    MeSH
    Age Distribution
    Aged
    *Autopsy/standards
    Female
    *General Surgery
    *Hospitals, County
    Humans
    Informed Consent
    Male
    Prospective Studies
    Sex Distribution
    Show allShow less
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Ir J Med Sci. 1996 Jan-Mar;165(1):7-9.
    Journal
    Irish journal of medical science
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10147/209234
    PubMed ID
    8867487
    Abstract
    A prospective study of the pattern of responses to requests for autopsy in a general surgical unit was performed. Information on the characteristics of the deceased, of the requestee and of the requester was documented in the case of 66 patients who died while in hospital. Permission to perform autopsy was not requested in 39 out of 66 cases and this was the most frequent contributory factor to the low rate of autopsy. Once a decision to grant or refuse autopsy is made by relatives of the deceased, the decision is unlikely to be reversed. Permission to perform autopsy was more likely to be sought when the deceased was male than when deceased was female. The relatives of patients who had recently undergone surgery were more likely to refuse permission for autopsy than were those of patients who had not had recent surgery.
    Language
    eng
    ISSN
    0021-1265 (Print)
    0021-1265 (Linking)
    Collections
    Cork University Hospital

    entitlement

    Related articles

    • Attitudes of relatives to autopsies of elderly patients.
    • Authors: Solomon SA, Adams KH
    • Issue date: 1993 May
    • Factors affecting autopsy rates, autopsy request rates, and autopsy findings at a large academic medical center.
    • Authors: Sinard JH
    • Issue date: 2001 Jun
    • Autopsy acceptance rate and reasons for decline in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
    • Authors: Cox JA, Lukande RL, Kateregga A, Mayanja-Kizza H, Manabe YC, Colebunders R
    • Issue date: 2011 Aug
    • Improving the autopsy rate at a university hospital.
    • Authors: Clayton SA, Sivak SL
    • Issue date: 1992 Apr
    • Autopsy of Adult Patients Deceased in an Academic Hospital: Considerations of Doctors and Next-of-Kin in the Consent Process.
    • Authors: Blokker BM, Weustink AC, Hunink MG, Oosterhuis JW
    • Issue date: 2016
    Health Library Ireland | Health Service Executive | Jervis House, Jervis Street | Republic of Ireland | Eircode: D01 W596
    lenus@hse.ie | Tel: +353-1-7786275
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2017  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Disclaimer
    Open Repository is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

    Export search results

    The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

    By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

    To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

    After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.