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R PADLEY

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PubMed1959

Cause-of-death statements in Ceylon: a study in levels of diagnostic reporting.

The author presents a critical discussion of the current system of registration of deaths in Ceylon, pointing out the difficulties inherent in collecting and analysing data relating to causes of death in a country where many of the cause-of-death statements are made by lay registars whose knowledge of modern medical terminology is slight or non-existent. He suggests various ways in which the present system might be improved, stressing particularly the need for continuous scrutiny of the Sinhalese or Tamil terms commonly used in reporting causes of death in rural areas and for the preparation of simple instructions to lay registrars regarding a system of priorities to be followed in selecting the symptoms to report as a result of interrogation of the relatives notifying the death.

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