Postmortem : how medical examiners explain suspicious deaths

Publication Data

• Title Postmortem : how medical examiners explain suspicious deaths
• Author Stefan Timmermans
• Publisher University of Chicago Press
• Publication date 2006
• Publication location Chicago, Ill.
• Language English

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?"

Topics

• Forensic sciences
• Criminal investigation
• Autopsy
• Death :: Causes
• Death :: Proof and certification
• Medical examiners (Law)

Postmortem : how medical examiners explain suspicious deaths by Stefan Timmermans. ISBN 0226803988. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.