Death Investigation in America : : Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty / / Jeffrey M. Jentzen.

Why is the American system of death investigation so inconsistent and inadequate? In this unique political and cultural history, Jeffrey Jentzen draws on archives, interviews, and his own career as a medical examiner to look at the way that a long-standing professional and political rivalry controls...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2010]
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Year of Publication:2010
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Introduction --   |t 1. Good and Lawful Men --   |t 2. Rockefeller Philanthropy and the Harvard Dream --   |t 3. A Model Law --   |t 4. Creating an Identity --   |t 5. In Search of Authority --   |t 6. Autonomy Challenged --   |t 7. Beyond Vital Statistics --   |t 8. The Road to Demedicalization --   |t 9. The Popularization of Forensic Pathology --   |t 10. In Search of Reasonable Medical Certainty --   |t Epilogue --   |t Notes --   |t Select Bibliography --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t Index 
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