Death Investigation in America Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty

Name: Death Investigation in America Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty
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ISBN: 9780674034532

ISBN-10: 0674034538

ISBN-13: 9780674034532

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jeffrey M. Jentzen

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A death occurs at home, in a hospital, on a street: why? As Jeffrey Jentzen reveals, we often never know. Why is the American system of death investigation so inconsistent and inadequate? What can the events of the assassination of President Kennedy, killing of Bobby Kennedy, and Chappaquiddick reveal about the state of death investigation?If communities in early America had a coroner at all, he was politically appointed and poorly trained. As medicine became more sophisticated and the medical profession more confident, physicians struggled to establish a professionalized, physician-led system of death investigation. The conflict between them and the coroners, as well as politicians and law…

Book details

List price: $73.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/30/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 300
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Jeffrey M. Jentzen is the Director of Autopsy and Forensic Services at the University of Michigan, and former Medical Examiner in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.



Introduction



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


Epilogue


Notes


Select Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index