title: The role of the autopsy in medical education.
abstract: The autopsy can make an important contribution to medical education. The decline in the hospital autopsy rate threatens this role. This article examines the educational opportunities that the post-mortem still provides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Royal London Hospital.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galloway
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans