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Author Jentzen, Jeffrey M., 1953-

Title Death investigation in America : coroners, medical examiners, and the pursuit of medical certainty / Jeffrey M. Jentzen.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (290 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Medical examiners (Law) -- United States -- History.
Medical examiners (Law)
United States.
History.
Coroners -- United States -- History.
Coroners.
Death -- United States -- Causes -- History.
Death.
Forensic Medicine -- history.
Cause of Death.
Coroners and Medical Examiners -- history.
Forensic Medicine -- legislation & jurisprudence.
History, 20th Century.
United States.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1970-2008
Geschichte 1800-2008
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Jentzen, Jeffrey M., 1953- Death investigation in America. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009 9780674034532 (DLC) 2009004969 (OCoLC)301879964
ISBN 9780674054066 (electronic book)
0674054067 (electronic book)
0674034538
9780674034532