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Death Registration: History, Methods, and Legal Issues
- Source :
- Journal of Forensic Sciences; March 1997, Vol. 42 Issue: 2 p265-269, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- This article includes a brief discussion of the evolution death registration as it changed from records of church burial ceremonies to the recording of vital events by government in defined registration areas; today's death registration system in the United States; classification and coding procedures; limitations of data derived from death registration; educational materials; legal issues involving death certificates; and the re-engineering of the death registration process.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00221198 and 15564029
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs34310896
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1520/JFS14108J