Forensic Medicine in Western Society

by KatherineD.Watson (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $40.06

  Provides an overview of the history of forensic medicine in the West since the medieval period. Taking a comparative perspective on the nature of the relationship between medicine, law and society, this title examines the growth of medico-legal ideas, institutions and practices in Britain, Europe (principally France, Italy and Germany) and the US.