Postmortem: How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Deaths
Postmortem: How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Deaths
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尸检：法医如何解释可疑死亡
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2006
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S. Timmermans
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随着选举产生的验尸官被受过科学训练的法医取代，美国公众开始对他们的工作着迷。从《犯罪现场调查》等收视率很高的电视节目中播出的可怕调查，到围绕法医科学的畅销谜题，法医从未如此引人注目--或令人信服。他们，也只有他们，解开了可疑死亡之谜和随之而来的生死存亡问题。为什么会有人死？它本可以被阻止吗？是否应该追究某人的责任？裁定死亡为自杀、他杀或意外有何影响？法医能揭开完美犯罪的面纱吗？《尸检》深入法医世界，揭示他们所处的社会、法律和道德问题的错综复杂的网络。斯蒂芬·蒂默曼斯花了数年时间在法医办公室跟踪病例，采访法医，观察尸检情况。虽然他在这里讲述了一些引人入胜的案例，但他对作为一名法医所带来的文化权威和责任也更感兴趣。法医如何代表死者与活着的人交谈是蒂默曼斯的主题，这里揭示了法医自己的日常生活。
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 such as "CSI" to best-selling 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' subject, revealed here in the day-to-day lives of the examiners themselves.