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

By: 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.

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.

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