Getting all the facts of death

Elsie H Burger, Jimmy Volmink

Abstract


We conducted a study of death notification form (DNF) completion in 844 Cape Town residents, evaluating the completeness of information on the forms. The DNF’s frequently lacked important data on the deceased as well as the completing health professional. Urgent intervention is needed to improve the usefulness of the DNF as a source of health statistics in South Africa.

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SA Fam Pract | ISSN: 1726-426X

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