title: [Unclear roles of district medical examiner and the attending physician in cases of natural and unnatural deaths in the Netherlands].
abstract: The role of the attending physician and the district medical examiner in the case of a natural or unnatural death is subject to a number of legal regulations. The different parts of a postmortem examination, the conditions for the issue of a death certificate, the term 'attending physician', and the position and duties of the district medical examiner are not, however, unequivocally specified in Dutch law. This gives rise to frequent misunderstandings.
authors.affiliation: Gemeentelijke Geneeskundige en Gezondheidsdienst, afd. Algemene Gezondheidszorg, Postbus 2200, 1000 CE Amsterdam. cdas@gggd.amsterdam.nl
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van der Wal
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D003334:Coroners and Medical Examiners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003644:Death Certificates / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D009426:Netherlands; D010819:Physician's Role