Postmortem Diagnostic Overshadowing: Reporting Cerebral Palsy on Death Certificates
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DOI: 10.1177/00221465221078313
Abstract: Postmortem diagnostic overshadowing—defined as inaccurately reporting a disability as the underlying cause of death—occurs for over half of adults with cerebral palsy. This practice obscures cause of death trends, reducing the effectiveness of efforts to… read more here.
Keywords: cause death; diagnostic overshadowing; postmortem diagnostic; death ... See more keywords