Postmortem : how medical examiners explain suspicious deaths
(2006)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
614.1/TIMMERMANS,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006
DESCRIPTION
x, 367 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0226803988 (cloth : alk. paper), 9780226803982
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction: Brokering suspicious deaths -- Making the case for heart disease -- The fifty-one percent rule of suicide -- Forensic credibility at the "nanny trial" -- The perfect crime -- A baby died. Where were the parents? -- The organ and tissue trade -- Conclusion: The hope of forensic authority -- Postscript: "How can you watch autopsies?"