TY - JOUR T1 - Death Certification JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 583 LP - 583 VL - 57 IS - 540 AU - David Jewell Y1 - 2007/07/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/57/540/583.abstract N2 - It all started with my mother. This sounds like a statement of the blindingly obvious; it might be better to say that it started with my mother's death. Of course mothers are powerful figures for all of us, but exerting influence after death is impressive, even for my mother.We were fortunate over my mother's death. She had been fading for a year, and then was ill for long enough at the end that we all had time to say goodbye. My sister and I planned the funeral and met a few days later to register the death. When the registrar told us the cause of death I involuntarily blurted out my disagreement. The registrar paused, and then told us that if we were unhappy with the cause as registered he could refer it to the … ER -