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Guidance for doctors completing Medical Certificates of cause of death in England and Wales From the Office for National Statistics death Certification Advisory Group, Revised July 2010 1 The purposes of death 2 2 Planned changes to death 2 3 Who should certify the death ? .. 3 4 Referring deaths to the 3 5 How to complete the cause of death 4 Sequence leading to death , underlying cause and contributory causes .. 4 Results of investigations 7 Avoid old age 7 Never use natural causes 8 Avoid organ failure alone .. 8 Avoid terminal events, modes of dying and other vague 9 Never use abbreviations or symbols .. 9 6 Specific causes of 9 Stroke and cerebrovascular disorders .. 9 10 Diabetes 11 Deaths involving infections and communicable 12 Injuries and external causes .
Guidance for doctors completing Medical Certificates of Cause of Death in England and Wales From the Office for National Statistics’ Death Certification Advisory Group,
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