Write a descriptive paragraph (5-7 sentences) that demonstrates your understanding of the terms cause of death, mechanism of dea
th, and manner of death. Underline or highlight each term.
Provide an example
Include a determination of which aspect—cause, mechanism, or manner—most often requires data and information collected outside of the autopsy. Please be specific here.
When a person dies the medical professional needs to fill the death certificates with the cause, mechanism, and manner of death on it. There is confusion between all three terms.
The cause of death is the reason behind the death such as disease or injury that makes disruption physiologically inside the body of an individual. The mechanism of death is the derangement that arises due to the cause of death and leads to the death of the person. The third term is the manner of death is how death came (physiological reason).
An example is - a person shot by a gun in the chest (cause of death) which leads to excessive blood loss (mechanism of death) which is homicide (manner of death)
