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Death investigation in America : coroners, medical examiners, and the pursuit of medical certainty
Author
Title
Death investigation in America : coroners, medical examiners, and the pursuit of medical certainty / Jeffrey M. Jentzen.
ISBN
9780674034532 (alk. paper)
0674034538 (alk. paper)
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
290 p. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 21, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Good and lawful men
Rockefeller philanthropy and the Harvard dream
A model law
Creating an identity
In search of authority
Autonomy challenged
Beyond vital statistics
The road to demedicalization
The popularization of forensic pathology
In search of reasonable medical certainty.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Cause of Death - United States.
Coroners and Medical Examiners - history - United States.
History, 20th Century - United States.
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