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When professional integrity conflicts with institutional pressure

I have been coding deaths wrong on certificates because my supervisor told me to avoid listing COVID as cause of death and I feel like I am participating in something dishonest.

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You're being told to write down the wrong cause of death, and it feels deeply dishonest.

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