Postmortem : how medical examiners explain suspicious deaths / Stefan Timmermans.
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TextSeries: Fieldwork encounters and discoveriesPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (x, 367 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780226804002
- 0226804003
- 1281966673
- 9781281966674
- 9786611966676
- 6611966676
- Forensic sciences
- Criminal investigation
- Autopsy
- Death -- Causes
- Death -- Proof and certification
- Medical examiners (Law)
- Medical jurisprudence
- Forensic Medicine
- Cause of Death
- Coroners and Medical Examiners
- Forensic Sciences
- Autopsy
- Criminalistique
- Enquêtes criminelles
- Autopsie
- Décès -- Causes
- Décès -- Constatation
- Médecins légistes
- Médecine légale
- forensic science
- forensic medicine
- MEDICAL -- Laboratory Medicine
- MEDICAL -- Diagnosis
- MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Assessment & Diagnosis
- Autopsy
- Criminal investigation
- Death -- Causes
- Death -- Proof and certification
- Forensic sciences
- Medical examiners (Law)
- Medecine legale
- Autopsie
- 616.07/59 22
- HV8073 .T56 2006eb
- 2006 I-489
- W 700
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-356) and index.
Introduction : Brokering suspicious deaths -- 1. Making the case for heart disease -- 2. The fifty-one percent rule of suicide -- 3. Forensic credibility at the "nanny trial" -- 4. The perfect crime -- 5. A baby died. Where were the parents? -- 6. The organ and tissue trade -- Conclusion : The hope of forensic authority -- Postscript : "How can you watch autopsies?"
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'Postmodern' goes deep inside the world of medical examiners to uncover the intricate web of pathological, social, legal, and moral issues in which they operate. Stefan Timmermans spent years in a medical examiner's office, following cases interviewing examiners, and watching autopsies.
English.
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