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Renaissance for the Transsexual: A New Birth Certificate
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1973Abstract The twentieth century has seen tremendous advances in medicine. In many instances collaborative efforts with law are needed for the maximum implementation of these. Compulsory vaccination is an example, for the applicable public health statutes designed to eliminate smallpox required a United States Supreme Court decision to ...
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The Birth of Death: Stillborn Birth Certificates and the Problem for Law [PDF]
California Law Review, 2012 Stillbirth is a confounding event, a reproductive moment that at once combines birth and death. This Essay discusses the complications of this simultaneity as a social experience and as a matter of law. While traditionally, stillbirth didn’t count for much on either score, this is no longer the case.
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2021
For many Americans, the birth certificate is a mundane piece of paper, unearthed from deep storage when applying for a driver’s license, verifying information for new employers, or claiming state and federal benefits. Yet as Donald Trump and his fellow “birthers” reminded us when they claimed that Barack Obama wasn’t an American citizen, it plays a ...
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For many Americans, the birth certificate is a mundane piece of paper, unearthed from deep storage when applying for a driver’s license, verifying information for new employers, or claiming state and federal benefits. Yet as Donald Trump and his fellow “birthers” reminded us when they claimed that Barack Obama wasn’t an American citizen, it plays a ...
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Accuracy of Breastfeeding Data on the Massachusetts Birth Certificate
Journal of Human Lactation, 2009In 2003, the question, “Is the infant being breastfed at discharge?” was added to the US standard certificate of live birth. In Massachusetts, this was adapted to, “Are you breastfeeding or do you intend to?” In 2004-5, we compared the mother's answer to the birth certificate question in 2 hospitals, with her infant's feeding record. At Hospital A, 94.
Jana H. Chaudhuri +2 more
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Socioeconomic Status on Birth Certificates-Reply
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1984In Reply .—We welcome the opportunity to comment on Dr Kwasman's letter. The potential misuse of collected data, be it vital records or the product of clinical investigation, requires that safeguards be adopted in developing strategies for medical or social research.
Mary Ellen Avery, Paul H. Wise
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Evaluation of prenatal care information on birth certificates
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 1997Misclassification frequently leads to bias in epidemiological studies, and causes concern for perinatal epidemiologists interested in using birth certificates as a data source. We used a maximum likelihood method to estimate the classification probabilities (conditional probabilities that indicate the probability of classification in a particular ...
Jeanne M. McDermott +4 more
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Completeness and Accuracy of Reporting of Malformations on Birth Certificates
HSMHA Health Reports, 1972Background and Purpose The Epidemiology Branch of the Division of Dental Health, Public Health Service, in its National Cleft Lip and Palate Intelligence Service, uses birth certificates for studies of clefts and other congenital malformations. In this study an attempt was made to assess how faithfully the data recorded on birth certificates reflect ...
Sylvia Hay +2 more
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Agreement between self-reported birth weight and birth certificate weights
Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 2010Birth weight is emerging as a potentially important risk factor for several chronic diseases with adult onset, including breast cancer. Because participant recall is frequently used to gather data on early life exposures, it is essential that the accuracy of recall be assessed and validated.
Jaworowicz D. J. +9 more
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The birth certificate, ‘father unknown’ and adoption
Adoption & Fostering, 2014This article explores the neglected subject of birth certificates, their meaning and value. The author makes a case for enhanced attention to the birth certificate in general but especially in cases where information about the father has not been entered.
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Revised U.S. Certificate of Birth—New Opportunities for Research on Birth Outcome
Birth, 1989Abstract: The 1989 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth includes a number of new items on medical and life‐style risk factors of pregnancy and birth, obstetric procedures performed, method of delivery, abnormal conditions and congenital anomalies of the infant, expanded information on birth attendant and place of birth, and ...
S M, Taffel, S J, Ventura, G A, Gay
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