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.