Postmortem how medical examiners explain suspicious deaths

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Timmermans, Stefan, 1968- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press 2006
Series:Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
Subjects:
See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991003330269708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • 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?"