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Postmortem Diagnostic Overshadowing: Reporting Cerebral Palsy on Death Certificates

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Published in 2022 at "Journal of Health and Social Behavior"

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