Natural Causes: How Underlying Medical Conditions Explain Death Without Suspicion—Evaluation, Mechanisms, Prognosis
The phrase “natural causes” in medical and public discourse typically denotes death resulting from known physiological processes rather than from external injury or clearly attributable causes such as homicide, poisoning, or certain forms of iatrogenic harm. Clinically, it does not mean that no work-up is needed. Instead, it frames the diagnostic task: to determine whether… Read More »