Death Investigation in America : Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2010]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
ISBN: | 9780674054066 9783110756067 9783110442205 |
Acceso: | restricted access |