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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Well, yeah, EXCEPT it IS up to the doctor to choose a cause of death, there is no law governing determination of cause or comorbidity, you cannot be sued (well, yes you can be sued for anything these days, but the case would have no merit and no damages), and you cannot lose your license for it. And I've signed hundreds of them, so want to rethink that post?????
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Actually there is a very detail set of instructions on how it is done. And yes, a surviving spouse can sue. Nice thing about the US anyone can sue for anything. And if it can be shown that the doctor falsified the cause of death, they will loose their license at the least. If it can be proven (as so many say here) that the reason for the lie was to profit them or the hospital, then it just escalated to a federal offense of defrauding the government which is a felony.
And yet, despite that, every day we hear claims that the deaths are intentionally misdiagnosed in-order to get federal monies - and yet, not one single case has been taken to court. Hmmm.... Not to be too political, but that seems to be a trend with one of the parties today. Lots of finger pointing, no (or very limited) wins in cost.