Do we really know why they died? The inaccuracy on death certificates.
Despite protests from the medical community contained in multiple amicus curiae briefs, the Pennsylvania Superior Court recently ruled that the term “cause of death” on death certificates is ambiguous and should include any physician errors that contributed to the death — they were correct.
What they failed to consider was that, without an autopsy, the listed cause of death is often wrong, so using it to determine precipitating …
