MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'death certificates'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:55 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3185277&cid=t_184099_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F19%2Fimproving-the-process-of-death-certification-in-england-and-wales-overview-of-programme%2F Title: Improving the process of death certification in England and Wales: overview of programme Skinny: Provides an overview of the Death Certification Programme. It is intended for anyone who may havean interest in the proposed improvements to the process of deathcertification. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 20p. Published: 19/01/2010 Posted in Grey Literature, Legislation, Regulation Tagged: Death Certificates, Grey Literature, Mortality, Regulations (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3185277 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:26:45 +0100 3185277 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240774&cid=t_184099_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fdeath-certificate-lottery.html A call was put through in the middle of the morning surgery. Eric, an 87 year old patient of mine, had just been found dead in his armchair by his son, David. David sounded distraught. This is not the kind of call that will keep until later. I went straight round.Eric had ischaemic heart disease. He had his first heart attack at the age of 61, long before I knew him. He made a good recovery. His second heart attack was three years ago. This time the recovery was not so good. He was left with heart failure and was taking a cocktail of drugs including ramipril, bisoprolol, frusemide, spironolactone and aspirin. He still got about. He still managed a weekly trip to Sainsburys and, several evenings a week, the short walk to his club. He was on borrowed time, and he knew it. I last saw Eric abo... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240774 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:38:00 +0100 2240774 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1708772&cid=t_184099_86_f&fid=34466&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalevidence.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fdeath-certificates.html At the Pump Handle today, revere posts a brief overview of death certificates and their use in research, also with a nice discussion of age-adjusted death rates that fits in nicely with this week's post here on the confounding issue. (Source: Clinical Evidence, Searching Tidbits, and Other Minutiae) Clinical Evidence, Searching Tidbits, and Other Minutiae blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1708772 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:49:00 +0100 1708772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1463666&cid=t_184099_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F21%2Fsummary-of-responses-to-the-consultation-on-improving-the-process-of-death-certification%2F The Summary of responses to the Consultation on Improving the Process of Death Certification provides an overview of respondents comments on the proposals to address weaknesses identified by the Shipman Inquiry in the process of death certification in England and Wales. The consultation ran from July to October 2007. (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1463666 Wed, 21 May 2008 16:37:13 +0100 1463666