Question about death certificates...

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Hi All,

We just picked up my dad's death certificate. The

cause of death is listed as " cardiac dysarythmia "

(sp?). There is no mention of MSA. There is a blank

after the cause of death that says " as a consequence

of " , but it was left blank. Logically, MSA could have

been put in that blank.

My question is this. Is it worth having the death

certificate amended to reflect the MSA? I feel it

should be there. As silly as it may sound, I think

that the cause they listed makes his death sound too

easy, (if that's possible). Listing MSA at least

acknowledges his struggle.

However, my real reason for wanting it on there is if

it would make a difference somewhere down the road in

terms of funding for research or something. Does

anyone ever look at general statistics from death

certificates? In other words, if more death

certificates listed MSA as a cause of death, could it

potentially make a difference when the powers that be

are doling out funds for research? Am I even making

any sense at all? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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