Death investigation in America : coroners, medical examiners, and the pursuit of medical certainty / Jeffrey M. Jentzen.

By:

Jentzen, Jeffrey M, 1953-

Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.Description: 290 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

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

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

614/.1 22

LOC classification:

RA1063 .J46 2009

NLM classification:

2009 K-627
W 611 AA1

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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