http://www.forensichealth.com/2009/12/21/the-essential-role-of-death-certificates-in-public-health/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:09:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.forensichealth.com/2009/12/21/the-essential-role-of-death-certificates-in-public-health/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Darinda Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:14:42 +0000 http://www.forensichealth.com/?p=2031#comment-580 As an owner of a funeral home, I can only hope all physicians, not just some, take the death certificate a little more seriously and note the appropriate cause of death. We have seen some physicians write unknown as the cause of death because he/she doesn't "like to put something specific down". Others, simply list a cause to "get it off my desk". It is important to list a meaningful and pertinent cause of death supported by the patient's diagnosis and history. As an owner of a funeral home, I can only hope all physicians, not just some, take the death certificate a little more seriously and note the appropriate cause of death. We have seen some physicians write unknown as the cause of death because he/she doesn’t “like to put something specific down”. Others, simply list a cause to “get it off my desk”. It is important to list a meaningful and pertinent cause of death supported by the patient’s diagnosis and history.

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