Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld. : 1909 - 1954), Saturday 8 October 1932, page 9


BEFORE DEATH. Burial Certificates Granted MELBOURNE October 7. At a meetlng of the Women's Vigilance Society to-day it was stated that in a case in which a doctor had given a death certifi-cate before the actual death of the patient the latter had recov ered. In another case in which a certificate was granted the patient was prepared for burial although he was not actually dead. It was decided to write to the British Medical Association, ask-ing if it were legel for a doctor to grant a death certificate before the actual death of the person.