Death Investigation in America : Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty
Coroners Death Medical examiners (Law) MEDICAL Obduktion Rechtsmedizin Rechtsverständnis Todesursache Forensic Medicine Cause of Death Coroners and Medical Examiners History, 20th Century History sähkökirjat General Interest Medizin, Gesundheit various SOCIAL SCIENCE
Harvard University Press
2009
EISBN 9780674054066
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.
