coroners, medical examiners, and the pursuit of medical certainty /
First Statement of Responsibility
Jeffrey M. Jentzen.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, Mass. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Harvard University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (290 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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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JSTOR
Stock Number
22573/ctt1348gs9
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Death investigation in America.
International Standard Book Number
9780674034532
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Coroners-- United States-- History.
Death-- United States-- Causes-- History.
Medical examiners (Law)-- United States-- History.