UID:
almafu_9959239076802883
Format:
1 online resource (301 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-674-26478-9
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0-674-05406-7
Content:
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.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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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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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-03453-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674054066
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3300821
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674054066
