Death certificate errors expose flawed medical history

My mother died recently. I received the death certificate. I disagree with her cause of death. The doctor who completed her worksheet did not know her well. The death certificate has a diagnosis that she never had that was handed down from her previous doctor. It omitted a long-standing, chronic disease. Why am I bothered? Because I would complete death certificates on a routine basis, for I am a hospice …

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Death certificate errors expose flawed medical history