Death investigation in America
Subtitle: coroners, medical examiners, and the pursuit of medical certainty
By: Jeffrey M. Jentzen.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780674034532
Subjects: Medical examiners (Law) -- United States -- History; Coroners -- United States -- History; Death -- Causes -- United States -- History; Forensic Medicine -- history -- United States; Cause of Death -- United States; Coroners and Medical Examiners -- history -- United States; Forensic Medicine -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; History, 20th Century -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A few good men; title: Rockefeller philanthropy and the Harvard dream; title: A model law; title: Creating an identity; title: In search of authority; title: Autonomy challenged; title: Beyond vital statistics; title: The road to demedicalization; title: Popularization of forensic pathology; title: In search of reasonable medical certainty.