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Death Investigation in America
Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty
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English
Published/Copyright:
2009
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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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Jentzen's book stands alone and defines a field. It is full of ironic twists and the grim comedy of the often bizarre stories of famous death investigations in the past. Jentzen has an eye for the right anecdote to illustrate a large idea, and has found wonderful quotations to drive home his points. The United States deserves a better system of death investigation; Jentzen helps us understand why we never got one.
-- James Mohr, University of Oregon
-- James Mohr, University of Oregon
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Contents
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Introduction
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1. Good and Lawful Men
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2. Rockefeller Philanthropy and the Harvard Dream
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3. A Model Law
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4. Creating an Identity
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5. In Search of Authority
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6. Autonomy Challenged
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7. Beyond Vital Statistics
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8. The Road to Demedicalization
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9. The Popularization of Forensic Pathology
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10. In Search of Reasonable Medical Certainty
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Epilogue
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Notes
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Acknowledgments
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Index
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300
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9780674054066
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