| Postmortem: How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Deaths Contributor(s): Timmermans, Stefan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226803996 ISBN-13: 9780226803999 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $21.78 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: The author goes deep inside the world of medical examiners to uncover the intricate web of pathological, social, legal, and moral issues in which they operate. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Murder - General - Medical | Forensic Medicine - Medical | Diagnosis |
| Dewey: 616.075 |
| LCCN: 2005032147 |
| Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.36" W x 8.96" (1.13 lbs) 384 pages |
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| Publisher Description: As elected coroners were replaced by medical examiners with scientific training, the American public became fascinated with their work. From the grisly investigations showcased on highly rated television shows like "CSI" to the bestselling mysteries that revolve around forensic science, medical examiners have never been so visible--or compelling. They, and they alone, solve the riddle of suspicious death and the existential questions that come with it. Why did someone die? Could it have been prevented? Should someone be held accountable? What are the implications of ruling a death a suicide, a homicide, or an accident? Can medical examiners unmask the perfect crime? "Postmortem" goes deep inside the world of medical examiners to uncover the intricate web of 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. While he relates fascinating cases here, he is also more broadly interested in the cultural authority and responsibilities that come with being a medical examiner. How medical examiners speak to the living on behalf of the dead is Timmermans's subject, revealed here in the day-to-day lives of the examiners themselves. ""Postmortem" is a wake-up call to forensic pathology. . . .This book should be viewed as provocative, rather than threatening, and should be a stimulus for important discussions and action by the forensic pathology community."--"Journal of the American Medical Association" |
Contributor Bio(s): Timmermans, Stefan: - Stefan Timmermans is professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Postmortem: How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Death and coauthor of Saving Babies? The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening, both published by the University of Chicago Press. |