Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner
Michael M. Baden, Judith Adler Hennessee, John Canning
ISBN: | 9780751535181 |
Publisher: | Time Warner Paperbacks |
Published: | 1 May, 2003 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner
Michael M. Baden, Judith Adler Hennessee, John Canning
Forensic pathologist Michael Baden was a medical examiner in New York City for more than 25 years. Now he works for the New York State Police and teaches forensic medicine. This engrossing book covers: (1) several famous cases, including Baden's personal re-examination of the autopsy findings for Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy; (2) unusual cases Baden had as medical examiner for NYC, such as an autopsy on a dining room table at the Plaza Hotel; (3) how medical examiners decide on means of death, with a section on poisons; (4) the history of coroners and medical examiners since 12th century England; (5) disturbing politics involved in the office of the Chief Medical Examiner of NYC; (6) identification of the dead; (7) time of death; (8) multiple-murder cases; (9) an almost perfect murder; (10) close calls, including near deaths during sex; (11) cases of mistaken diagnosis; and (12) autopsy findings that shed light on what happened in the Attica uprising.
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