Abstract
1 A survey of one hundred patients submitted to autopsy has been carried out to assess the contribution of investigational procedures, surgery and drug therapy to death.
2 In nineteen patients drug therapy, usually appropriate and necessary therapy, was thought to have contributed to death. In five patients failure to continue therapy properly contributed to death.
3 The survey was not representative either of patients dying in hospital or in the community, but it suggests that a larger and more comprehensive survey should be undertaken.
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