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Death Investigation in America : Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (301 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674054066
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Death Investigation in AmericaDDC classification:
  • 614/.1
LOC classification:
  • RA1063
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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