[lit-ideas] Re: Superman Returns
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 17:04:18 -0700
ck: Most MDs put the literal cause of death (not the underlying illness) on
the death certificate. For example, my father had been suffering from heart
disease, which led to his death--of renal (kidney) failure, at the very end.
Official cause of death: Renal failure.
My mother and I were quite surprised at this, btw. I gather it's a matter of
the county's or hospital's policy--or, perhaps, the attending doctor's
preference. How meaningful is this? Satisfies the insurance companies, I
guess.
Carol
Carol
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From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 2:55 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Superman Returns
>I didn't actually see the death certificate but I was led to believe it
>said
> something like "complications associated with dementia."
>
> I think emphysema is in the same category. My father died of that. At
> some
> point his heart stopped, but would one want to quibble and call it heart
> failure?
>
> Lawrence
>
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> On Behalf Of Robert Paul
> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 2:25 PM
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>
> Lawrence Helm wrote:
>
>> My mother died of dementia as well.
>
> I don't mean to intrude on something personal, but let me say gently
> that people do not die of dementia any more than they die of old age.
>
> Robert Paul
> Reed College
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