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... > social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > death and dying > conceptualizations of death > legal perspectives on death > equivocal death
... > social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > counseling > human development and life transitions > death and dying > conceptualizations of death > legal perspectives on death > equivocal death
... > social science subjects > sociology > aging and the life course > death and dying > conceptualizations of death > legal perspectives on death > equivocal death
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > death and dying > conceptualizations of death > legal perspectives on death > equivocal death

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equivocal death  

Definition

  • An equivocal death is one that cannot be neatly categorized as specifically natural, accidental, suicidal, or homicidal. Every death, independent of its cause, is classified by the coroner as one of these four modes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Equivocal Death]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-F05L10PF-V

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