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Author Timmermans, Stefan, 1968-

Title Postmortem : how medical examiners explain suspicious deaths / Stefan Timmermans.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  616.0759 T483p 2006    ---  Available
Description x, 367 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-356) and index.
Contents 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?"
Subject Forensic sciences.
Criminal investigation.
Autopsy.
Death -- Causes.
Death -- Proof and certification.
Medical examiners (Law)
Forensic Medicine.
Cause of Death.
Coroners and Medical Examiners.
ISBN 0226803988 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226803982 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. IG# 0226803988
NLGGC 291668569
NLM 101282911
YDXCP 2373089
NZ1 10559388
AU@ 000028674531
UNITY 10669295X
UKSUS 0226803988
UKLTH 0226803988
UKPMB 0226803988

 
    
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