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Ethical considerations on disclosure when medical error is discovered during medicolegal death investigation.
December 15, 2017
Wolf DA, Drake SA, Snow FK. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2017;38(4):294-297.
Autopsy is considered the gold standard for finding answers in death investigations. This case report focuses on ethical considerations when forensic pathologists discover a medical error unrelated to the cause of death and how the mistake may be disclosed to the patient's clinical team and family.
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