Death Investigation in America : Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty.
Jentzen, Jeffrey M.
Death Investigation in America : Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (301 pages)
Intro -- 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.
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.
9780674054066
Medical examiners (Law)-United States-History.
Coroners-United States-History.
Death-United States-Causes-History.
Electronic books.
RA1063
614/.1
Death Investigation in America : Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (301 pages)
Intro -- 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.
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.
9780674054066
Medical examiners (Law)-United States-History.
Coroners-United States-History.
Death-United States-Causes-History.
Electronic books.
RA1063
614/.1