death certificate
death certificate
death′ certif`icate
n.
单词 | death certificate |
释义 | death certificatedeath certificatedeath′ certif`icaten. death(deθ) noundeath certificatedeath certificatedeath certificatea certificate issued on the registration of a person's death. First instituted in 1837 in England and Wales, it shows the full name of the person, the date and cause of death, age at death, marital status, and the occupation of the deceased or his/her spouse. Death certificates provide the sociologist with a source of data with which to examine matters such as occupational illness and social-class differences in DEATH RATE. See also BIRTH CERTIFICATE, MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, PARISH REGISTERS.death certificatedeath cer·ti·fi·catedeath certificateMedspeak-UKA document in which the treating doctor certifies the cause of death and (1) (pre-Shipman Inquiry) informed the registrar of births, marriages and deaths, or reported the case to the Coroner if the death was sudden or unnatural, or for any other reason the cause of death could not be certified; (2) (post-Shipman Inquiry) informs the medical examiner, or reports the case to the Coroner if the death is sudden or unnatural, or for any other reason the cause of death cannot be certified. The Harold Shipman case introduced independent medical scrutiny (medical examiner) into death certification in the UK. Medspeak-US A document in which a certifying physician formally states, to the best of his/her knowledge, the immediate, intermediate, and underlying cause(s) of death. Death certificate (1a) Direct or immediate cause of death (based on the balance of probability). (1b) Predisposing factor that led to 1a (optional, but commonly put on the death certificate). (1c) Predisposing factor that led to 1b (in practice, rarely put on the death certificate). (2) Any other factor that indirectly contributed to death. death certificateHealth statistics A document in which a certifying physician formally states, to the best of his/her knowledge, the immediate, intermediate, and underlying cause(s) of death. Cf Unnatural death. |
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