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Forensic Medicine in Western Society - A History (Paperback, New)
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Forensic Medicine in Western Society - A History (Paperback, New)
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The first book of its kind, Forensic Medicine in Western Society: A
History draws on the most recent developments in the
historiography, to provide an overview of the history of forensic
medicine in the West from the medieval period to the present day.
Taking an international, comparative perspective on the changing
nature of the relationship between medicine, law and society, it
examines the growth of medico-legal ideas, institutions and
practices in Britain, Europe (principally France, Italy and
Germany) and the United States. Following a thematic structure
within a broad chronological framework, the book focuses on
practitioners, the development of notions of 'expertise' and the
rise of the expert, the main areas of the criminal law to which
forensic medicine contributed, medical attitudes towards the
victims and perpetrators of crime, and the wider influences such
attitudes had. It thus develops an understanding of how medicine
has played an active part in shaping legal, political and social
change. Including case studies which provide a narrative context to
tie forensic medicine to the societies in which it was practiced,
and a further reading section at the end of each chapter, Katherine
D. Watson creates a vivid portrait of a topic of relevance to
social historians and students of the history of medicine, law and
crime.
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