Non-reporting of reportable deaths to the coroner: When in doubt, report

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 402-405

  Neate, Sandra L ^a   Bugeja, Lyndal C ^a   Jelinek, George A ^a   Spooner, Heather M ^a   Ding, Luke ^a   Ranson, David L ^b  

^a Coroners Court of Victoria ^*  (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CORONER; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REGISTER; REPORTABLE DEATH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84884330509     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10246     Document Type: Article

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