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Why Autopsies Are in Decline and Why it Matters

Death, Sex & Money by Slate Audio

Jan 13, 202642:31Society & Culture

In the 1950s, about 50% of patients who died in a hospital in the U.S. received an autopsy. Today, that figure is in the single digits, which is a big loss according to two people who care a lot about this topic: One is...

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Why Autopsies Are in Decline and Why it Matters is an episode from Death, Sex & Money by Slate Audio. In the 1950s, about 50% of patients who died in a hospital in the U.S. received an autopsy. Today, that figure is in the single digits, wh...

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Published Jan 13, 2026, 42:31 long, audio available.