To the Editor.— The Sept 2, 1983, issue ofThe Journalprovides valuable perspectives of the information gained from performance of autopsies. Additional persuasive arguments for the use of the autopsy in such medical staff affairs as quality assurance and risk management are provided by Clark. 1 His study is of particular value because it analyzed more than 1,000 autopsies in a hospital with an 84% autopsy rate. In this study we can see the value of the general application of the autopsy rather than its use restricted to medicolegal cases or cases in which there has been significant antemortem uncertainty. The types of patients are typical of a large general hospital with an emergency department. Nine percent of cases provided valuable information not obtainable by means other than the autopsy. The author also provides tabulation of the work involved in an autopsy as well as the costs. A brief