welderman
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 posted on 1/9/11 at 07:17 AM |
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Finding cause of death ?
Strange question, but is it possible to find out how someone died without being a direct family member ?.
Thank's, Joe 
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 1/9/11 at 07:24 AM |
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hmm after further looking it seems you have either to look at the death cert or speak to the funeral place
[Edited on 1/9/11 by Mr Whippy]
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welderman
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| posted on 1/9/11 at 07:45 AM |
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hmm, thanks Mr Whippy
Thank's, Joe
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britishtrident
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| posted on 1/9/11 at 07:52 AM |
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A death certificate usually won't tell you all that much, it will list the immediate cause(s) of death not what caused the person to
reach the end of his/her life.
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jossey
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| posted on 1/9/11 at 08:32 AM |
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data protection doesnt apply after death so i guess it would be possible.
Thanks
David Johnson
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welderman
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| posted on 1/9/11 at 08:54 AM |
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keep your thought coming please ta
Thank's, Joe
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Neville Jones
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| posted on 1/9/11 at 10:01 AM |
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Someone on here is a doctor, as I recall? Hel'll know the exact process.
My Mrs works in the NHS, and as far as I know, everyone has a postmortem up to the age of 72. That may be higher now.
The hospital where Mrs works has two people working full time, dealing with freedom if information requests, and if you know where the post mortem was
conducted, then you can get the full report via freedom of information request. Don't hold your breath though, it takes time.
Cheers,
Nev.
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BobM
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| posted on 1/9/11 at 10:55 AM |
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So far as I'm aware death certificate info is public information. You need the deceased's details to request it.
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My Mrs works in the NHS, and as far as I know, everyone has a postmortem up to the age of 72. That may be higher now.
No. You have a
post mortem if the cause of death isn't certain, if the deceases wasn't seen by a doctor in the 14 days prior to their death or under
certain other circumstances (recent surgery, occupational disease etc.)
Not very Locost but very BEC 
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 1/9/11 at 11:02 AM |
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Nor if you're Asian or Jewish of strict faith whereby in the case around here at least they have C.T. scanniong type machines, paid for by
themselves, which are used instead as a post mortem is not favoured by their religion.
Unless of course it's a suspicious death and the police are heavily involved.
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welderman
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| posted on 1/9/11 at 12:11 PM |
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hmmm so not looking like i will be able to get the info i need
Thank's, Joe
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swanny
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| posted on 1/9/11 at 12:47 PM |
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could you scan the local press from the time and see if their is a death notice? might give you an idea about sudden/ long term illness and narrow it
down a bit
what actually gets written on the death certificate is often less than conclusive anyway, so may not solve any great mystery. a doctor friend of mine
tells me that particularly in elderly cases where it can often be difficult to tell exactly what finished someone off, pneumonia is often used as the
default cause of death with doctors even joking about how clueless they were as to the actual cause. but people like to see a 'cause of
death' written down.
unless you suspect foul play (in which case i'd assume there is a procedure to allow a re-examination of evidence?) it shouldnt normally be a
big deal in most cases.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 1/9/11 at 02:50 PM |
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I have seen a lot of death certificates because of the wife's business (she is a trust, estates and executories accountant) only sensible
one i ever saw just said "heart faillure due to very old age", the lady was 103 years old.
[Edited on 1/9/11 by britishtrident]
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bowood14
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| posted on 1/9/11 at 05:14 PM |
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The cause of death will be on the death cert via the certifiing GP death cert available to anyone if you pay, any further details will be available
only if a coroners inquest has been carried out.
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