Organ donor proposal

A report from the Nuffield Council of Bioethics suggested that patients who donate their organs should have their funeral expenses paid for by the NHS.  Read more at  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15242675

Final and Interim death certificates

In England and Wales, a final death certificate is issued at the local Register Office if  there is  a medical certificate of death issued by either the doctor or HM Coroner.  To find out who can register a death visit  http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Death/WhatToDoAfterADeath/DG_10029642

If the Coroner opens an inquest to investigate how, when and where the person died, there will be an Interim death certificate, which may not show a medical cause of death.  When the inquest is  over, HM Coroner tells the Registrar to register the death.  The final death certificate is then available.

Forensics and jewelry

To help with disaster victim identification, a jewelry classification system has been researched by jewelry graduates. Visit  http://mariamaclennandesignresearch.blogspot.com/ for more information.