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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] OT: Date of death
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 14:55:39 -0400
In-Reply-To: <180.10001648.2ae84025@cs.com>


wrote:
>Okay, I have too much time on my hands, or I am not getting enough sleep. :)
>Mom and I were discussing last night what would happen when dad passed away
>if say he died at 11:30 PM on a Thursday night. We are about 45 mins to an
>hour away from the Hospice nurses. We have to call Hospice, the nurse comes
>and pronounces him dead, and that is the date and time that goes on the death
>certificate.
>
>So if he passes at 11:30 PM on Thursday, and we call Hospice, and they come
>and pronounce him dead on 12:25 AM on Friday, which should I use as his date
>of death. The time I KNOW he died, or the OFFICIAL time of death?

I'd note the actual date (and time in the Memo with adjustments to the Tag
Sentence Structure) and then note the difference in the Citation Detail
which I would assume to be the death certificate. You could then discuss
the circumstances as to why the dates differ.

Sue Ellen had an uncle that we kinda wondered about that for awhile. But
in talking with his son, he died after midnight (about 1AM on 27 Dec) so it
didn't apply.


Lee Hoffman/KY
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