A Duty to Certify Death:
A Duty to Certify Death:
A Duty to Certify Death:
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Key Points<br />
Don’t call the coroner for expected or natural deaths at<br />
home.<br />
Do call the coroner when the manner of death is not<br />
natural.<br />
Do be as accurate as possible based on your knowledge of<br />
the patient when completing death certificates<br />
<strong>Death</strong> certificates may be amended after they are<br />
completed.<br />
Old age is not a cause of death ( Ontario).<br />
Mechanism of death is not the same as a cause of death.<br />
<strong>Death</strong> due <strong>to</strong> a complication after a fall is an accident.
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