The review process brought standardisation to the examination of deaths and provided a framework that could be applied to patient deaths in different circumstances.
Specific strengths of this study include the large sample size and extended follow-up period, which allowed for examination of deaths from relatively rare cancer outcomes, including the oral cavity and pharynx, endometrium, and male breast.
A Chicago Tribune examination of death penalty cases found that 33 defendants sentenced to die were represented by a lawyer who has been disbarred or suspended.
The Tribune's examination of death penalty cases in Illinois found that 33 defendants sentenced to die had been represented by lawyers who had been disbarred or suspended.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials said an examination of death certificates, news reports and interviews with former staff members and students confirmed causes of death for all but six of the students.
New York-based historian, photographer, and designer Joanna Ebenstein is the mastermind behind "Morbid Anatomy", a blog that merges the seemingly disparate fields of art and science through a unique examination of death and medicine.
All-cause mortality was ascertained by examination of death certificates, inpatient records, nursing home or hospice records, physician questionnaires, and autopsy reports (6, 7, 11).
In addition to passive follow-up (standard examination of death certificates and hospital records), active follow-up is performed yearly using the files of the Cantonal Population Office (office in charge of the registration of the resident population).
However, our analyses have the advantage of having a larger cohort of people with diabetes (about 2,000 cases per year), along with a national probability sampling methodology, making it the most representative contemporary examination of death rates among the U.S. diabetic population.
"Today's report outlines the substandard, non-compliant examinations of deaths by the HET in these cases.
Why do unskilled immigrants with little command of English still walk across the deserts of the U.S. Southwest to get to the major urban labor markets to reap enormous rewards for their labor, even as undocumented workers?" The heart of Clark's analysis consists of a detailed examination of births, deaths, income and wealth in England between 1250 and 1800, as evidenced primarily by wills.
