ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 5

Death Registration: History, Methods, and Legal Issues
Hanzlick, R
Associate professor of Forensic Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia

(Received 30 May 1996; accepted 1 July 1996)

Abstract

This article includes a brief discussion of the evolution death registration as it changed from records of church burial ceremonies to the recording of vital events by government in defined registration areas; today's death registration system in the United States; classification and coding procedures; limitations of data derived from death registration; educational materials; legal issues involving death certificates; and the re-engineering of the death registration process.

Keywords:
forensic science, forensic pathology, death registration, death certificates, vital records

Paper ID: JFS14108J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14108J
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