Remote Death Certification Using Telemedicine in Japan

A 92-year-old woman diagnosed with dementia and end-stage gastric cancer received end-of-life care on the island where she lived. Informed consent concerning remote death certification based on the Japanese government's guidelines was obtained from a family member in case a physician was unavai...

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Autores principales: Sugiyama, Kemmyo, Yanaka, Shintaro, Yasuda, Toshiaki, Watanabe, Takashi, Yamashiro, Akira, Narita, Junichi, Tomoda, Akio, Sohtome, Isamu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9107988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34511563
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.6588-20
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author Sugiyama, Kemmyo
Yanaka, Shintaro
Yasuda, Toshiaki
Watanabe, Takashi
Yamashiro, Akira
Narita, Junichi
Tomoda, Akio
Sohtome, Isamu
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Yanaka, Shintaro
Yasuda, Toshiaki
Watanabe, Takashi
Yamashiro, Akira
Narita, Junichi
Tomoda, Akio
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description A 92-year-old woman diagnosed with dementia and end-stage gastric cancer received end-of-life care on the island where she lived. Informed consent concerning remote death certification based on the Japanese government's guidelines was obtained from a family member in case a physician was unavailable. A physical examination after cardiopulmonary arrest was conducted, supported by telemedicine and a well-trained registered nurse under remote supervision of the physician who last saw the deceased directly. Death certification was provided accordingly. To our knowledge, this was the first case of remote death certification using telemedicine in Japan.
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spelling pubmed-91079882022-05-27 Remote Death Certification Using Telemedicine in Japan Sugiyama, Kemmyo Yanaka, Shintaro Yasuda, Toshiaki Watanabe, Takashi Yamashiro, Akira Narita, Junichi Tomoda, Akio Sohtome, Isamu Intern Med Case Report A 92-year-old woman diagnosed with dementia and end-stage gastric cancer received end-of-life care on the island where she lived. Informed consent concerning remote death certification based on the Japanese government's guidelines was obtained from a family member in case a physician was unavailable. A physical examination after cardiopulmonary arrest was conducted, supported by telemedicine and a well-trained registered nurse under remote supervision of the physician who last saw the deceased directly. Death certification was provided accordingly. To our knowledge, this was the first case of remote death certification using telemedicine in Japan. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021-09-11 2022-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9107988/ /pubmed/34511563 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.6588-20 Text en Copyright © 2022 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/The Internal Medicine is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Remote Death Certification Using Telemedicine in Japan
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