Postmortem
Subtitle: how medical examiners explain suspicious deaths
By: Stefan Timmermans.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Autopsy.; Death -- Causes.; Death -- Proof and certification.; Medical examiners (Law)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: brokering suspicious deaths; title: Making the case for heart disease; title: The fifty-one percent rule of suicide; title: Forensic credibility at the "nanny trial"; title: The perfect crime; title: A baby died. Where were the parents?; title: The organ and tissue trade; title: Conclusion: the hope of forensic authority; title: Postscript: "how can you watch autopsies?".