CAUSE OF DEATH.

The article looks at the potential role of autopsy in improving public health planning in developing countries, focusing on the minimally invasive autopsy (MIA). It notes that in poor countries the cause of a person's death is often unknown and says that full autopsies there are rare, citing factors including high cost, lack of pathologists, and cultural unacceptability. It discusses a study of MIAs in Mozambique led by pediatrician Quique Bassat. Topics include verbal autopsies.