TY - GEN AB - 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 public medical knowledge and public health. AU - Jentzen, Jeffrey M., CN - RA1063 -- J46 2009eb DO - 10.4159/9780674054066 DO - doi ID - 1478834 JF - HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) JF - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 KW - Coroners KW - Death KW - Medical examiners (Law) KW - TRUE CRIME / General. LA - eng LA - In English. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054066 N2 - 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 public medical knowledge and public health. SN - 9780674054066 T1 - Death Investigation in America :Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty / TI - Death Investigation in America :Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054066 ER -