Frequency and types of errors in clinician-composed death certificates for patients with or without autopsy in a hospital population.

Background Death certificate (DC) errors are common. At our institution, all deaths have a preliminary death certificate (PDC) written by a clinician and then revised by a pathologist prior to the clinician signing the final death certificate (FDC). In autopsy cases, the FDC is signed by the patholo...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Journal of Public Health Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 83 - 87
Autores principales: Pape, Ariana, Scherpelz, Kathryn P
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Mar2024
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost