Death Investigation in America : Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty / Jeffrey M. Jentzen.
2010
RA1063 -- J46 2009eb
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Title
Death Investigation in America : Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty / Jeffrey M. Jentzen.
Author
Jentzen, Jeffrey M., author.
ISBN
9780674054066
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (300 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4159/9780674054066 doi
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RA1063 -- J46 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
614/.1
Summary
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.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
1. Good and Lawful Men
2. Rockefeller Philanthropy and the Harvard Dream
3. A Model Law
4. Creating an Identity
5. In Search of Authority
6. Autonomy Challenged
7. Beyond Vital Statistics
8. The Road to Demedicalization
9. The Popularization of Forensic Pathology
10. In Search of Reasonable Medical Certainty
Epilogue
Notes
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
Contents
Introduction
1. Good and Lawful Men
2. Rockefeller Philanthropy and the Harvard Dream
3. A Model Law
4. Creating an Identity
5. In Search of Authority
6. Autonomy Challenged
7. Beyond Vital Statistics
8. The Road to Demedicalization
9. The Popularization of Forensic Pathology
10. In Search of Reasonable Medical Certainty
Epilogue
Notes
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index