Guideline Autopsy

The Royal College of Pathologists
Guidelines on autopsy practice

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Report of a working group of
This document was placed for consultation on the Fellows and Members Area of The Royal
College of Pathologists website from 1030 April 2002. 27 replies were received. These were
forwarded to the Working Party who found them very useful in preparing this final draft of their
report, although inevitably some contentious issues remain.
Dr John A Lee
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2002 The Royal College of Pathologists
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