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   Students' Opinions on Autopsy and Death

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: FPR De Villiers --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, M Ruhaya --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health,

   Background: Autopsies are commonly seen on television, but are less common in real life. Worldwide, the autopsy rate has declined drastically over the past half century, from approximately 50% to only five to 22% in the 1990s. These percentages are...

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   Community acceptability of minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) in children under five years of age in Soweto, South Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nonhlanhla Ngwenya --- Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, South Africa David Coplan --- Department of Anthropology, South Africa Susan Nzenze --- Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, South Africa Nellie Myburgh --- Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, South Africa Shabir Madhi --- Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, South Africa

   This interdisciplinary study, using qualitative and ethnographic research methods, collected data from 330 men and women in Soweto, South Africa, in order to understand the community acceptability of minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) in children who died under five years of...

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