Diversity in death certification: A case vignette approach

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1086-1093

  Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^a   Shih, Tai Ping ^b,d   Lee, Meng Chih ^a   Chou, Ming Chih ^a   Lin, Chen Kun ^c  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c Chung Shan Dental and Medical College   (Taiwan)

^d Department of Forensic Medicine   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Clinical competence; Death certificate; Diagnosis; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPETENCE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 0034754445     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00383-3     Document Type: Article

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