Death certification is to be done on the International Death Certificate that is a standard format prescribed by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.)
This means that if a person were to die in India or U.K. or Siberia, the same death certificate format would be used to fill in the cause of death for purpose of standardization across the world
The death certificate has a
1. Medical part - in the center of the certificate
2. Non-medical part - at the top and bottom section of the certificate
to see respective parts in the death certificate
1. Medical part is for the
i. Cause of death
ii. Manner of death
iii. Time intervals and
iv. ICD codes
to see it on the death certificate
2. Non-Medical part has the
i. Identification and demographic particulars about the deceased at the top
ii. Identification details of the certifying physician at the bottom
iii. And a detachable portion (at the bottom) for filling information on the fact of death and handing over to the relatives
to see it on the death certificate
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