18 Jul 2009

Why does a person die?

While browsing the classifieds section of daily newspapers, I noticed that obituaries generally never mention what caused someone's death. The only exceptions are tragic events like accidents or suicide.

But any illnesses that may have killed the deceased aren't even mentioned. Yet mentioning them would be valuable information for readers. They could influence their decisions in one way or another.

Doctors' death certificates clearly confirm the cause: lung cancer, circulatory failure due to obesity, liver cirrhosis, etc. Some people die of the normal infirmity of old age...

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