A death certificate is a medical, legal and administrative tool that allows not only for a burial or cremation or another final destination of a person’s remains, but also creates a profile of the causes of death in a community
The certification of death is not just one more burden for the doctor
It is an opportunity to provide testimony on the death of a person and to the causes that led to it – which serves to evaluate the state of health overall and thus prevent early deaths
A treating (=attending) or even a non-treating physician familiar with the illness of the deceased can fill out the MCCD form, especially if it’s not a medico-legal case
