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It is because of the problems that diagnostic limitations place on disease reporting that the most reliable information regarding these opportunistic infections is obtained through autopsy. The AIDS Report of 1994 cited a study that researchers in Zaire conducted which compared specific diagnoses and the finding of subsequent autopsies, and the correlation was less than 40%.
             It would seem that an important question which still needs to be addressed might be how can we raise the consciousness of physicians and medical institutions and have them continue to perform autopsies. It seems a valid argument that raising the current low rate of autopsies would assist modern medicine by supplying medical professionals with invaluable educational and clinical information. In academic settings, requesting the consent for autopsies is the responsibility of residents, who quite often are not experienced enough to approach the families, request consent and follow up the autopsy results (Welsh, 1998). Perhaps the medical community should structure their training of residents to include and emphasize the importance of the postmortem examination with an emphasis on communication between clinicians, pathologists and families.
             In my research, I found that the results noted in Altman's article that he attributed to Dr. Sebastian Lucas were accurate as they were also documented in The AIDS Report of 1994 as well as the EuroCASO dated July 22, 1992. The results were from RETRO-CI the largest H.I.V. autopsy study ever conducted in Africa. The study revealed that tuberculosis was the cause of death in over 35% of the adults with H.I.V. His autopsy studies also showed that Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia or PCP was less common in adults in developing countries compared to the U.S. where it is still the leading complication of H.I.V. This is significant because TB is preventable and treatable. Most of the patients waited until they were in the terminal stages of the disease before they sought treatment.


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... , and held him and Judge Ward up against the wall at gunpoint while they removed the body. Later that evening at Bethesda Naval Hospital, three army doctors performed the official autopsy on President Kennedy. Amazingly, during the reporting of the Kennedy assassination case in 1978 by the Congress's assassination committee, it was determined that the three doctors, "had insufficient training ... and experience to evaluate a death from gunshot wounds."(Summers,42-44) The chairman of the committee's medical panel, Dr. Michael Baden, went on to say that the "autopsy was deficient in the qu...

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2. JFK

... , and held him and Judge Ward up against the wall at gunpoint while they removed the body. Later that evening at Bethesda Naval Hospital, three army doctors performed the official autopsy on President Kennedy. Amazingly, during the reporting of the Kennedy assassination case in 1978 by the Congress's assassination committee, it was determined that the three doctors, "had insufficient training ... and experience to evaluate a death from gunshot wounds."(Summers,42-44) The chairman of the committee's medical panel, Dr. Michael Baden, went on to say that the "autopsy was deficient in the qu...

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3. JFK Assasination + Coverup

... Kennedy assassination, in conjunction with two other reporters. Attorney Tom Howard aged 48 died in March 1965 of what was caused a heart attack. No autopsy was performed showing the fact that someone did not want to expose how he died. Ruby's roommate, George Senator told the Warren commission that after November ... cause of death reported eight days later as injection of barbiturates and alcohol. It was labelled a suicide and no autopsy was performed. Two days later, her close friend Earl Smith died; the autopsy conclusion was that the cause of death was unknown. Texas newspaper edito...

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4. roswell

... very likely that something out of this world did take place in Roswell, New Mexico, fifty years ago. There are two soundless films showing the autopsy of one of the beings, known as the gray variety ("UFO Crash"), found at the Roswell crash scene. One is eighteen minutes long and ... in the half-light of emergency lanterns. Both of these videos were supposedly taken by an Air Force film technician at Roswell and at the autopsy center in Fort Worth. This cameraman is still undercover, but sold these tapes to British filmmaker Ray Santilli who has recently made these public and ... When th...

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5. Government agencies cover up Kennedy assassination

... to Air Force One, over the vociferous objection of Texas officials at Parkland Hospital, allowed the body's quick removal before the required local autopsy could reveal that he had been hit from both front and back. They rapidly disposed of components of the assassination: thoroughly disinfected the President ... water, besides those outright cover-ups they sent Governor John Connaly's clothing (bullet holes, bullet traces and all) to be cleaned and pressed. The autopsy was performed at the U.S. Naval hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. It was strictly a military operation with surgeons taki...

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6. Tupac

... , the 13th of September 1996 at 4:03 am, Tupac passed away. Within the next 24 hours, there was a supposed autopsy and cremation of his body. A normal person does not have an autopsy and cremation within 24 hours of their death, never mind a huge public figure involved in a big murder mystery. Why the ... rush? There are allegations that there never was an autopsy, but that will remain unknown. Supposedly all autopsy reports and photos were destroyed only a month after his death. Why would not they be kept on permanent records, especially if there ... were speculations that he was not r...

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7. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

... thorough investigation fails to present a cause of death. It is only determined to be SIDS after an investigation of the scene of death is done, a clinical history and an autopsy. SIDS is a death of exclusion because researchers are unclear about the causes. Researchers now believe that infants who die of SIDS are born with one or more conditions that make ... SIDS infants than non-SIDS infants. Health professionals determine SIDS by performing three main tasks, an autopsy, a death scene investigation, and a clinical review of the victims and family's medical history. An autopsy is impo...

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8. SIDS

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9. New Orleans

... of the Makaveli booklet. Tupac had two of his fingers shot off during the September 7th shooting. Is it coincidence? It is strange that an autopsy was never performed on the body (since when don't you autopsy a murder victim?), and 2Pac's family reportedly cremated his body the day after he died. No one outside of the family has seen Tupac's dead body ... Los Angeles and Atlanta, both of which were open to the public. One counterargument that may mislead people into thinking that Tupac is still alive is the fact that an autopsy picture and report were released. Have you ever been standi...

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