Death investigation in America

Jentzen, Jeffrey M., 1953-

Death investigation in America coroners, medical examiners, and the pursuit of medical certainty / [electronic resource] : Jeffrey M. Jentzen. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. - 290 p.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Medical examiners (Law)--History.--United States
Coroners--History.--United States
Death--Causes--History.--United States


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