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UNINA9910458695803321 |
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Autore |
Watson Katherine (Katherine Denise) |
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Titolo |
Forensic medicine in Western society : a history / / Katherine D. Watson |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-89057-2 |
1-136-89058-0 |
1-283-04382-3 |
9786613043825 |
0-203-84029-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (472 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical jurisprudence - Western countries - History |
Forensic sciences - Western countries - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The legal inheritance -- Medico-legal practice before the modern period -- Experts and expertise -- Criminal responsibility and the insanity defence -- The medicalization of deviance -- Twentieth-century developments in forensic medicine and science. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The first book of its kind, Forensic Medicine in Western Society: A History draws on the most recent developments in the historiography, to provide an overview of the history of forensic medicine in the West from the medieval period to the present day. Taking an international, comparative perspective on the changing nature of the relationship between medicine, law and society, it examines the growth of medico-legal ideas, institutions and practices in Britain, Europe (principally France, Italy and Germany) and the United States. Following a thematic structure within a |
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