[tri-wings] Re: Death Certificate reasons

 
In a message dated 3/27/2006 10:28:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
darcyndon@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
He said  that the only reason he listed this was so 
that when they pull death  certificate reasons on infants, they can start to 
see that the statistics  they are reading are incorrect and these children do 
 
survive.



Exactly!! Thanks for adding in more information about this. I tend to  ramble 
and go off on a tangent. 
 
In case anyone wants to look into this. You can amend a death certificate  
for quite some time after a death. Each state's laws vary and there can be a  
nominal charge for this in some cases. Call your local vital statistics office  
to find out the procedure if you feel your child's cause of death is incorrect 
 or like I said before, it just states Trisomy 13 or 18 without the actual  
medical reason for the child's death. T13 or 18 should only be a contributing  
factor. Then you have to get the doctor to sign an amendment. When you explain 
 why, most doctors would definitely do this. 
 
Bess


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