Anticipated deaths with physician care (mitori) at home in one town in Japan: A preliminary report

Abstract Background There are few reports on the numbers of anticipated deaths (mitori [看取り]) at home in Japan. Method We used the Japanese death certificate system (shiboukohyou [死亡小票]) for Toyono town citizens who died between 2020 and 2022 and judged a death to constitute mitori when the certific...

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Main Authors: Nobuyuki Kajiwara, Shinya Suezaki, Megumi Okamoto, Yasuo Kuwahara, Masanori Okui, Akiyoshi Nishimura, Hirono Takabayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-11-01
Series:Journal of General and Family Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.648