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Michael Leuty wrote:
> I never really understood "mode of death" as a concept, and I have
> always found the questions "what was the mode of death and how long
> did it last" on the cremation form difficult to answer. Patients
> often just die for no immediately obvious reason.
That would probably do for syncope, but there is nothing special about
the small selection of words provided as examples or suggestions.
Write whatever description of the end of the patient's days you feel
conveys the picture, attaching one or more additional sheets if need be.
"For no immediately obvious reason" is a statement about cause of
death, not mode of death...
"Dropped instantly dead" "for no reason we could determine" is both.
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