title: Not to Declare Dead Someone Still Alive - Case Reports.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Diagnosing death represents an activity that carries a great deal of public responsibility for medical professionals and is continually exposed to the control of citizens and media. Although this is a taboo subject in medical circles, unfortunately in medical practice there are situations when the physician issues a death diagnosis form without even examining the person or for an already buried person. Such physician's action is impermissible and it leads to the possibility of professional and criminal law punishment.
  
  
  METHODS
  By giving examples from practice, we wish to point out the need for exceptional caution when confirming and diagnosing death in order to diagnose the true, i.e. rule out apparent death and consequently avoid the mistake of declaring dead someone still alive. Conclusion When confirming and declaring death, exceptional caution of the physician is necessary so as not to declare dead someone still alive!
authors.forename: Sladjana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andjelić
authors.forename: Slobodan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Savić
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003128:Coma; D003643:Death; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010819:Physician's Role; D010820:Physicians; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'