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Descriptor English: Mortuary Practice
Descriptor Spanish: Prácticas Mortuorias
Descriptor práctica mortuoria
Entry term(s) práctica funeraria
prácticas funerarias
servicios funerarios
Scope note: Actividades relacionadas con el destino del cuerpo de las personas que han fallecido. Quedan excluidas las prácticas culturales tales como los RITOS FUNERARIOS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Práticas Mortuárias
Descriptor French: Pratique mortuaire
Entry term(s): Funeral Undertaking
Funeral Undertakings
Mortuary Practices
Practice, Mortuary
Practices, Mortuary
Undertaking, Funeral
Tree number(s): H02.438
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009027
Scope note: Activities associated with the disposition of the dead. It excludes cultural practices such as FUNERAL RITES.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
DeCS ID: 9218
Unique ID: D009027
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/07/07
Mortuary Practice - Preferred
Concept UI M0014083
Scope note Activities associated with the disposition of the dead. It excludes cultural practices such as FUNERAL RITES.
Preferred term Mortuary Practice
Entry term(s) Funeral Undertaking
Funeral Undertakings
Mortuary Practices
Practice, Mortuary
Practices, Mortuary
Undertaking, Funeral



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