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 enforcement agencies, led to the
patchwork of local laws and practices that persist to this day.
In this unique political and cultural history, 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.
General
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2009 |
First published: |
2009 |
Authors: |
Jeffrey M Jentzen
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With printed dust jacket
|
Pages: |
300 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-03453-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
Other branches of medicine >
Forensic medicine
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LSN: |
0-674-03453-8 |
Barcode: |
9780674034532 |
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