[Death certificate: recent changes and instructions for use].

Death certificate : recent changes and instructions for use. Since January 1, 2018, doctors must write death certificates on new models. The year 2017 saw a number of changes regarding funeral legislation and death reporting, concerning, among other things, the practice of custodial care and the data to be completed, which will be analyzed by the Center for Epidemiology on Medical Causes to produce national mortality statistics. The death certificate may be prepared in electronic format or, failing that, in paper form available from regional health agencies.
Competing Interests: C. Manaouil a participé aux travaux du groupe de travail au ministère de la Santé pour élaborer le nouveau modèle de certificat de décès. Les auteurs déclarent n’avoir aucun lien d’intérêts.