title: The law and the certification, verification and registration of death.
abstract: Daisy was a registered nurse who worked in a community hospital. One night, Gwen, who was 85 years old, died and Daisy phoned the GP who was responsible for providing a service to the hospital. She was told that the GP did not come out at night for a death but would come in the morning. Daisy wanted the patient moved from the four-bedded ward to the mortuary, but was told that the procedures did not permit that until a doctor had certified the death. Daisy felt that it was unsettling to the other patients who knew that Gwen had died. What is the law?
authors.affiliation: University of Glamorgan, UK.
authors.forename: Bridgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003644:Death Certificates / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom