Autopsy in the US
This JAMA Insights discusses the role of autopsies in public health surveillance and the differences between medicolegal autopsies performed by forensic pathologists and hospital autopsies performed by hospital pathologists.
Authors
- Orrin Devinsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0044-4632)
- Zian H. Tseng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5996-4099)
- J. Keith Pinckard
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of California San Francisco Medical Center (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA
- Published
- 2026-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2026.14180
- Primary Topic
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00