The importance of including manner of (injury) death on the death notification form

Authors

  • P Groenewald Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
  • R Matzopoulos Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • E Afonso Division of Forensic Medicine, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
  • D Bradshaw Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i9.915

Keywords:

Public Health, Death certification, Forensic pathology

Abstract

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Groenewald P, Matzopoulos R, Afonso E, Bradshaw D. The importance of including manner of (injury) death on the death notification form. S Afr Med J [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 4 [cited 2024 Dec. 10];113(9):11-2. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/samj/article/view/915

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