02724oam 2200625I 450 991045869580332120200520144314.01-136-89057-21-136-89058-01-283-04382-397866130438250-203-84029-110.4324/9780203840290 (CKB)2560000000048929(EBL)667846(OCoLC)707080390(SSID)ssj0000469279(PQKBManifestationID)12184886(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469279(PQKBWorkID)10511122(PQKB)10596722(MiAaPQ)EBC667846(Au-PeEL)EBL667846(CaPaEBR)ebr10444436(CaONFJC)MIL304382(EXLCZ)99256000000004892920180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrForensic medicine in Western society a history /Katherine D. WatsonMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (472 p.)"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p verso.0-415-44772-0 0-415-44771-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 aMedical jurisprudenceWestern countriesHistoryForensic sciencesWestern countriesHistoryElectronic books.Medical jurisprudenceHistory.Forensic sciencesHistory.614/.1Watson Katherine(Katherine Denise),920777MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458695803321Forensic medicine in Western society2065263UNINA