Finding into death of Timothy Shane Norton
Deceased
Timothy Shane Norton
Demographics
46y, male
Date of death
2017-10-25
Finding date
2019
Cause of death
Complications of stage 4 colorectal cancer in a man with multiple medical comorbidities
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Timothy Norton, a 46-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and chronic constipation, died from complications of stage 4 colorectal cancer. Cancer was discovered on colonoscopy in June 2017 during investigation of chronic constipation. He was deemed unsuitable for surgery or chemotherapy and transitioned to palliative care in August 2017, dying at his DHHS shared home in October 2017. The Disability Services Commissioner investigation identified several sub-optimal aspects of care management, including delayed faecal occult blood testing, but the coroner concluded these were not causal factors in his death. The death resulted from natural progression of terminal illness in a patient with multiple comorbidities.
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Clinical conditions
Procedures
Contributing factors
- stage 4 colorectal cancer with hepatic metastases
- severe intellectual disability
- cerebral palsy
- epilepsy
- chronic constipation
- multiple medical comorbidities
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