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Trends in continuous deep sedation until death between 2007 and 2013 : a repeated nationwide survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Continuous deep sedation until death is a highly debated medical practice, particularly regarding its potential to hasten death and its proper use in end-of-life care.
Chambaere, Kenneth   +4 more
core   +6 more sources

Correlates of undefined cause of injury coded mortality data in Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The objective of this research was to identify the level of detail regarding the external causes of death in Australia and ascertain problematic areas where data quality improvement efforts may be focused.
Chen, Linping   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Consistency between education reported in health survey and recorded in death certificate

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2007
Background Education level is one indicator of socioeconomic position which, in several countries including South Korea, is provided though death certificate data.
Lynch John W   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increasing the Scope of Birth and Death Registration: Issues and Challenges

open access: yesJurnal Bina Praja, 2016
Despite being regulated by the Presidential Decree No 25 of 2008, which then was simplified by the Law No 24 of 2013, the registration of birth and death in Indonesia does not automatically promote the scope of birth and death certificate in Indonesia ...
Hari Prasetyo, Moh. Ilham A. Hamudy
doaj   +1 more source

Increase in non-AIDS related conditions as causes of death among HIV-infected individuals in the HAART era in Brazil. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2008
In 1996, Brazil became the first developing country to provide free and universal access to HAART. Although a decrease in overall mortality has been documented, there are no published data on the impact of HAART on causes of death among HIV-infected ...
Antonio G Pacheco   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Uncertainty and the reporting of intellectual disability on death certificates: a cross-sectional study of US mortality data from 2005 to 2017

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Objective To investigate whether uncertainty surrounding the death is associated with the inaccurate reporting of intellectual disability as the underlying cause of death.Design National Vital Statistics System 2005–2017 US Multiple Cause-of-Death ...
Scott D Landes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aetiology of sudden cardiac death in sport: a histopathologist's perspective. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In the UK, when a young person dies suddenly, the coroner is responsible for establishing the cause of death. They will ask a consultant pathologist to carry out an autopsy in order to ascertain when, where and how that person died.
Sheppard, MN
core   +1 more source

Determining Mortality Rates Attributable to Clostridium difficile Infection

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2012
To determine accuracy of measures of deaths attributable to Clostridium difficile infection, we compared 3 measures for 2007–2008 in Ontario, Canada: death certificate; death within 30 days of infection; and panel review.
Susy S. Hota   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Half a million excess deaths in the Iraq war:Terms and conditions may apply [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Hagopian et al. (2013) published a headline-grabbing estimate for the Iraq war of half a million excess deaths , i.e. deaths that would not have happened without the war.
Gelman A   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Reforming death certification [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2006
EDITOR—The government has cited cost and bureaucracy as reasons for not reforming death certification, as recommended by the Luce report and by Dame Janet Smith's report into the Shipman affair. …
openaire   +2 more sources

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