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Contents: Introduction to clinical autopsy
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In this video-lesson, we will briefly explain some of the main theoretical aspects of this unit. The following video provides most of the basic information necessary to pass the test. You may also download a PDF archive with expanded data about this unit.
6. The Mortality Commission
The Mortality Commission is one of the four mandatory commissions by the Spanish Royal Decree of Structure, Organization and Operation of Hospitals (RD 521/87). Therefore, the autopsy is a fundamental tool of quality control in hospitals, assessing diagnosis and treatment. Moreover, the President of the Mortality Commission is usually a pathologist. Finally, after an autopsy, it is highly recommended that the pathologist in charge of the procedure should send to the Mortality Commission a formulary disclosing the findings and the "degrees of correlation" with clinical data.