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Death investigation in America : coroners, medical examiners, and the pursuit of medical certainty /

Jentzen, Jeffrey M., 1953-

Death investigation in America : coroners, medical examiners, and the pursuit of medical certainty / Jeffrey M. Jentzen. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. - 290 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780674034532 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0674034538 (alk. paper) 40017186012

2009004969

GBA978966 bnb

101495237 DNLM 015346750 Uk


Medical examiners (Law)--History.--United States
Coroners--History.--United States
Death--Causes--History.--United States

RA1063 / .J46 2009

614/.1

2009 K-627 W 611 AA1 / J54d 2009

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