Family and community concerns about post-mortem needle biopsies in a Muslim society

Family and community concerns about post-mortem needle biopsies in a Muslim society

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Post-mortem needle biopsies have been used in resource-poor settings to determine cause of death and there is interest in using them in Bangladesh. However, we did not know how families and communities would perceive this procedure o...

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Main Authors: Sejvar James J, Sultana Rebeca, Homaira Nusrat, Nahar Nazmun, Hossain M Jahangir, Islam M Saiful, Parveen Shahana, Gurley Emily S, Rahman Mahmudur, Luby Stephen P
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
Subjects:
post-mortem
Bangladesh
needle biopsy
outbreak
diagnosis
informed consent
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