Death Investigation in America: Coroners, Medical Examiners, and the Pursuit of Medical Certainty

by Jeffrey M. Jentzen (Author)

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  As medicine became more sophisticated and the medical profession more confident, physicians struggled to establish a professionalized, physician-led system of death investigation. This book looks at the way that a long-standing professional and political rivalry controls public medical knowledge and public health.