The role of the district medical officer after the pandemic - a qualitative study.

Background: While district medical officers' role was described as unclear and lacking visibility before the COVID-19 pandemic, their community medicine expertise became highly significant in the management of the pandemic. We wished to investigate district medical officers' perceptions of their role after the pandemic was over.

Material And Method: The study was designed as a theory-driven qualitative interview study.

The organisation and value of autopsies.

Background: There has been a considerable reduction in the frequency of autopsies over the past few decades. We wanted to investigate whether doctors consider this a proper and natural development, or whether they consider that autopsies should be given a higher priority, and in such case, how.

Materials And Methods: Resources, organisation and opinions on autopsy practice were registered using a questionnaire sent to all pathology departments at Norwegian hospitals, and to all doctors in the clinical departments of Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway.