Certifying and investigating deaths: The need for reform. 2. Death certification and the Coroner Service

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 287-294

  Luce, Tom ^a  

^a Dept Fundamental Rev Death Cert

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONER; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GOVERNMENT; IRELAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 9144226243     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.44.4.287     Document Type: Conference Paper

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