Postmortem: How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Deaths.POSTMORTEM postmortem /post·mor·tem/ (post-mort´im) performed or occurring after death. post·mor·tem adj. Relating to or occurring during the period after death. n. See autopsy. : How Medical Examiners A public official charged with investigating all sudden, suspicious, unexplained, or unnatural deaths within the area of his or her appointed jurisdiction. A medical examiner differs from a Coroner in that a medical examiner is a physician. Explain Suspicious Deaths STEFAN TIMMERMANS The science of death has been popularized by several forensics-oriented television shows and murder-mystery book series. In this detailed book, Timmermans examines cultural, legal, and scientific influences on the notion of suspicious and unexplained unexplained Adjective strange or unclear because the reason for it is not known Adj. 1. unexplained - not explained; "accomplished by some unexplained process" death. A professor of sociology, he examines the historic role of coroners and medical examiners as authorities on the causes of deaths. During his years as an observer in a medical examiner's office, Timmermans writes, he became well acquainted with the many methods employed by these experts, and he now describes the specifics as applied to particular cases. He details the methods of scene investigation, identification of the deceased deceased 1) adj. dead. 2) n. the person who has died, as used in the handling of his/her estate, probate of will and other proceedings after death, or in reference to the victim of a homicide (as: "The deceased had been shot three times. , the determination of murder and suicide, and the foundations of forensic credibility. Among other topics, the author examines infant deaths Noun 1. infant death - sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep cot death, crib death, SIDS, sudden infant death syndrome , the black market in organs and tissues, and the notion of the perfect crime. Univ. Chicago Press, 2006, 367 p., hardcover, $30,00. |
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