- The Duty of Medicine Doctor to Notify the Unusual Death
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Kim JH
- KMID: 2250454
- Korean J Leg Med.
- 2002 Oct;26(2):51-55.
The medical doctors are obliged to notify the police the unusual death. The manner of death and the cause of death is determined by clinical aspect but the unusual death... -
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- AN Analysis of Cause of Death from the Reported Death Certification
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Lee D
- KMID: 2282095
- Korean J Prev Med.
- 1981 Oct;14(1):39-42.
Recent changes in the cause of death among the Korean population seem to be systematic and significant. Data on cause of death from the medically certified death certificates provide at... -
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- The Study of Accuracy of Death Statistics
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Won TY, Kang BS, Im TH, Choi HJ
- KMID: 2331664
- J Korean Soc Emerg Med.
- 2007 Jun;18(3):256-262.
PURPOSE: In order to examine the accuracy of death statistics, the present study compared the underlying causes of death on death certificates with the underlying causes of death published by... -
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- Determination of cause and manner of death
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Yoo SH
- KMID: 2428819
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2018 Aug;61(8):451-459.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2018.61.8.451
Medical certificates of death and post-mortem examinations reflect the exclusive competence of medical doctors, according to Article 17 of the Medical Service Act. Although a medical certificate of death is... -
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- Analysis of Death Certificate Errors of a University Hospital Emergency Room
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Yoon SH, Kim R, Lee CS
- KMID: 2389515
- Korean J Leg Med.
- 2017 Aug;41(3):61-66.
- doi: 10.7580/kjlm.2017.41.3.61
This study aimed to analyze the errors and their causes in inappropriately completed death certificates, and to suggest improvement measures. The death certificate is an important medical document that proves... -
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- Historical Changes of Korean Death Certificate Form
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Oh S, Lee S
- KMID: 2448939
- Korean J Leg Med.
- 2019 May;43(2):37-53.
- doi: 10.7580/kjlm.2019.43.2.37
The death certificate is a medical document that proves the death of a person and forms the basis of an administrative death report. It is a source of statistics on... -
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- The Discrepancy of the Cause and Manner of Death between Death Certificates and Autopsy Reports
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Kim HG, Park JW, Cho WY, Seo JH, Choi CH, Na JY
- KMID: 1928007
- Korean J Leg Med.
- 2014 Nov;38(4):139-144.
- doi: 10.7580/kjlm.2014.38.4.139
Both death certificates and postmortem examination certificates are used as proof of death. These certificates sometimes contain erroneous information but how frequently they do so is unknown. In particular, only... -
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- How to write a death certificate: from a statistical point of view
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Shin HY, Lee S
- KMID: 2409047
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2018 Apr;61(4):268-278.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2018.61.4.268
Although the enclosed rate of death certificates has steadily improved when domestic death notification to the government, the percent of well-certified causes of death is still 29th among the 35... -
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- A Study on Status of Death in Rural Residents
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Choi BJ
- KMID: 2281998
- Korean J Prev Med.
- 1977 Oct;10(1):155-159.
A study on the status of death in rural area was conducted during the period from July '75 to August '75. 1,225 families and 8,067 population (4,124 male, 3,943 female)... -
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- A Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
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Kim SJ, Song TJ, Choi YC, Kim WJ
- KMID: 2063595
- J Korean Epilepsy Soc.
- 2007 Dec;11(2):116-118.
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) is defined as sudden, unexpected, non-traumatic, and non-drowning death in epilepsy. Postmortem examination must not reveal any anatomical or toxicological causes for SUDEP. The... -
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- A Study on the Death Certificates and the Warrant of Seizure in Relation to the Death Certification System
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Kim YS, Kim TE
- KMID: 2471739
- Korean J Leg Med.
- 2020 Feb;44(1):7-16.
- doi: 10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.1.7
The death certification system in a modern welfare state is of critical importance because it is related to the collection of national statistics for health policy, social security and social... -
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- Sudden Unexpected Death of Hospitalized Patients with Pneumonia: 4 Autopsy cases
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Kim YS, Choi YD, Kim YS, Eom M, Lee HY
- KMID: 2082669
- Korean J Leg Med.
- 2006 Oct;30(2):129-134.
Four cases of sudden unexpected death during hospitalization are described where autopsy examination showed lobar pneumonia. As widely accepted, sudden death is defined as a natural unexpected death within 1... -
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- A proposal for writing a better death certificate
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Kim MY, Lee SD
- KMID: 2409046
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2018 Apr;61(4):259-267.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2018.61.4.259
Guidelines for writing death certificates have recently been released in various forms. However, the educational efforts of medical doctors do not seem to have led to significant improvements in the... -
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- A Study of the Cause-of-Death reported on Official Death Registry in a Rural Area
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Nam HS, Park KS, Sun BH, Shin JH, Sohn SJ, Choi JS, Kim BW
- KMID: 2282801
- Korean J Prev Med.
- 1996 Jun;29(2):227-238.
This study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of the official death registry in rural area. The base data used for the study was 379 deaths registered during the period... -
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- Study on the Accepted Criteria of Sudden Death from Overwork : Focusing on Courts' Test
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Yoo SW, Yoo SH
- KMID: 2250332
- Korean J Leg Med.
- 2011 Nov;35(2):105-113.
The purpose of this study was to review the tendency of the Supreme Court's test for death from overwork (so called 'Karoshi'). Using inner-network of court, we analyzed judicial tests... -
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- Differences in the Determination of Cause and Manner of 127 Natural Death Cases by Postmortem Inspection and Autopsy
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Huh GY, Kim KH, Jo GR, Lee SY
- KMID: 2250273
- Korean J Leg Med.
- 2013 Feb;37(1):9-13.
- doi: 10.7580/kjlm.2013.37.1.9
Medico-legal investigations in Korea depend mostly on postmortem inspection without autopsy. Both untrained physicians and experienced forensic pathologists may not be able to determine the cause and manner of death... -
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- Sudden Unexpected Death caused by Olfactory Groove Meningioma: A Case Report
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Kim JH, Cho MH, Kim H, Gil R, Lee GY, Lee KB
- KMID: 1928017
- Korean J Leg Med.
- 2013 Nov;37(4):208-211.
- doi: 10.7580/kjlm.2013.37.4.208
Meningiomas, one of the most common neoplasms of the central nervous system, may be encountered incidentally during autopsy. Most of these tumors, however, are benign and hence, are not considered... -
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- Recommendation of the Guideline for Postmortem Inspection at Scene on Forensic Aspects
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Lee SY, Jeon SH, Kim JH, Seo JS
- KMID: 2038193
- Korean J Leg Med.
- 2004 Oct;28(2):14-22.
Postmortem body inspection at scene and examination of the scene of death are very important in determination of the suspected cause of death, manner of death and interpretation of events... -
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- Avoidable' causes of death in Korea 1982-1991
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Song YM, Kim CY
- KMID: 1689164
- Korean J Epidemiol.
- 1993 Dec;15(2):160-172.
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- Discrepant Causes of Death between Medical Death Certificates and Autopsy Reports (II)
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Na JI, Lee YJ, Kim HS, Min BW, Kim HJ, Chung SH, Na JY, Park JT
- KMID: 2250313
- Korean J Leg Med.
- 2012 May;36(1):27-33.
- doi: 10.7580/KoreanJLegMed.2012.36.1.27
The postmortem examination certificate and death certificate provide proof of death and supply important data used to establish health statistics. However, the format of the form and the accuracy of... -
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