Death Investigation in America : Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty /
Jentzen, Jeffrey M.
Death Investigation in America : Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty / Jeffrey M. Jentzen. - 1 online resource (300 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Good and Lawful Men -- 2. Rockefeller Philanthropy and the Harvard Dream -- 3. A Model Law -- 4. Creating an Identity -- 5. In Search of Authority -- 6. Autonomy Challenged -- 7. Beyond Vital Statistics -- 8. The Road to Demedicalization -- 9. The Popularization of Forensic Pathology -- 10. In Search of Reasonable Medical Certainty -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674054066
10.4159/9780674054066 doi
Coroners--History.--United States
Death--Causes--History.
Death--Causes.
Death--Causes--History.--United States
Medical examiners (Law)--History.--United States
TRUE CRIME / General.
RA1063 ǂb J46 2009eb
614/.1
Death Investigation in America : Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty / Jeffrey M. Jentzen. - 1 online resource (300 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Good and Lawful Men -- 2. Rockefeller Philanthropy and the Harvard Dream -- 3. A Model Law -- 4. Creating an Identity -- 5. In Search of Authority -- 6. Autonomy Challenged -- 7. Beyond Vital Statistics -- 8. The Road to Demedicalization -- 9. The Popularization of Forensic Pathology -- 10. In Search of Reasonable Medical Certainty -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674054066
10.4159/9780674054066 doi
Coroners--History.--United States
Death--Causes--History.
Death--Causes.
Death--Causes--History.--United States
Medical examiners (Law)--History.--United States
TRUE CRIME / General.
RA1063 ǂb J46 2009eb
614/.1