1. Anticipated deaths with physician care (mitori) at home in one town in Japan: A preliminary report
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Nobuyuki Kajiwara, Shinya Suezaki, Megumi Okamoto, Yasuo Kuwahara, Masanori Okui, Akiyoshi Nishimura, and Hirono Takabayashi
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anticipated death (mitori [看取り]) ,death at home ,home medical care ,Japanese death certificate system (shiboukohyou [死亡小票]) ,unnatural death [異状死] ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Abstract Background There are few reports on the numbers of anticipated deaths (mitori [看取り]) at home in Japan. Method We used the Japanese death certificate system (shiboukohyou [死亡小票]) for Toyono town citizens who died between 2020 and 2022 and judged a death to constitute mitori when the certificate was not written by a doctor referred from the police. Results Among 756 deaths, 109 (14.4%) were mitori at home. Deaths at home were 144 and mitori at home accounted for 75.7%. Conclusion Shiboukohyou appear to provide numbers of mitori at home. Death certificate should include a space which shows mitori or not.
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- 2023
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