G. Cecilie Alfsen

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G. Cecilie Alfsen (f. 1955) er spesialist i patologi og kvalitetsansvarlig overlege ved avdeling for patologi ved Akershus universitetssykehus. Hun er førsteamanuensis ved universitetet i Oslo. Hun har bidratt med analyse av data og skriving av manus.

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Email: cecilie.alfsen@medisin.uio.no

Avdeling for patologi

Akershus universitetssykehus

Det medisinske fakultet

Universitetet i Oslo

Articles by G. Cecilie Alfsen

Pathology-related cases in the Norwegian System of Patient Injury Compensation in the period 2010–2015

G. Cecilie Alfsen,
Ying Chen,
Hanne Kähler,
Ida Rashida Khan Bukholm

20.12.2016: The Norwegian System of Patient Injury Compensation (NPE) is a government agency subordinate to the Ministry of Health and Care Services. The agency processes claims for compensation submitted by patients who believe that they have sustained an injury as a result of an error in diagnosis or...

Dead infants and unmarried women – from forensic pathology reports 1910–12

G. Cecilie Alfsen,
Lotte Hernæs

10.12.2013: A hundred years have passed since women in Norway were granted the right to vote. At that time the lives of women were not only characterised by the lack of political co-determination; the lack of access to contraceptives and lack of control over their own pregnancies represented a major problem...

«The child has lived and breathed.» Forensic examinations of newborns 1910–1912

G. Cecilie Alfsen,
Christian Lycke Ellingsen,
Lotte Hernæs

10.12.2013: «According to the preliminary investigation by the local police, the child is said to have been born on Friday the 14th of this month between 11 and 12 at night. The child’s body was found in the bed at the home of the mother by Jan OE and Josef HE, whose wives had received a confession from the...

Does quality control of death certificates in hospitals have an impact on cause of death statistics?

G. Cecilie Alfsen,
Lars Gustav Lyckander

09.04.2013: The regulations for entering information on death certificates have been determined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and are used worldwide (1). This notwithstanding, the completion of the certificates presents problems, both because doctors issue death certificates relatively rarely, and...

Medical autopsies after deaths outside hospital

G. Cecilie Alfsen

09.04.2013: Norwegian legislation refers to two types of autopsies: forensic post mortem, which is undertaken at the request of the police, and clinical autopsy, in Norway called hospital autopsy, which is undertaken for medical reasons (1, 2). The 1973 Act relating to hospital autopsies was drawn up at a time...

The value of autopsies for determining the cause of death

G. Cecilie Alfsen,
Jan Mæhlen

24.01.2012: Mortality statistics are essential for monitoring public health. To ensure that these statistics are of good quality, the doctors need to emphasise correct completion of the death certificate and they must understand the true cause of death (1). An autopsy is a medical investigation which is...