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BL
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952806
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b707176
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| Main Entry
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Jentzen, Jeffrey M.,1953-
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| Title & Author
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Death investigation in America : : coroners, medical examiners, and the pursuit of medical certainty /\ Jeffrey M. Jentzen.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Harvard University Press,, 2009.
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1 online resource (290 pages)
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| ISBN
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0674054067
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: 9780674054066
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0674034538
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9780674034532
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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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Coroners-- United States-- History.
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Death-- United States-- Causes-- History.
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Medical examiners (Law)-- United States-- History.
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Coroners.
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Death-- Causes.
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Medical examiners (Law)
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MEDICAL-- Forensic Medicine.
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Obduktion
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Rechtsmedizin
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Rechtsverständnis
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Death Dying.
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Todesursache
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Forensic Medicine-- history.
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Cause of Death.
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Coroners and Medical Examiners-- history.
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Forensic Medicine-- legislation jurisprudence.
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History, 20th Century.
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United States.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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614/.1
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| LC Classification
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RA1063.J46 2009eb
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| NLM classification
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2009 K-627
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W 611 AA1J54d 2009
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