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The education of a coroner : lessons in investigating death / John Bateson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Scribner, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First Scribner hardcover editionDescription: x, 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781501168222
  • 1501168223
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Education of a coronerDDC classification:
  • 614/.10979462 23
LOC classification:
  • HV8073 .B36115 2017
Other classification:
  • BIO026000 | BIO027000 | MED030000
Contents:
First blush -- Baptism by fire -- The barbecue murders -- 14K3, 10-49, 10-55 -- At the scene -- The overdose that wasn't -- Investigating homicides -- The trailside killer -- Inside San Quentin -- An unnecessary death -- Investigating suicides -- The bridge -- The German tourist -- Investigating the unusual -- Bones and a frozen infant -- Investigating abuse -- Remembrances of October -- Cases in the news -- The Mitchell brothers -- Notes and notifications -- Power struggles -- A supervisor's wrath -- Ending and beginning.
Summary: "In the vein of Dr. Judy Melinek's Working Stiff, an account of the hair-raising and heartbreaking cases handled by the coroner of Marin County, California throughout his four decades on the job--from high-profile deaths to serial killers, to Golden Gate Bridge suicides."-- Provided by publisher.
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BOOK BOOK Harrison Memorial Library NONFICTION Adult Nonfiction 614 BAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31624003710191
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-358).

First blush -- Baptism by fire -- The barbecue murders -- 14K3, 10-49, 10-55 -- At the scene -- The overdose that wasn't -- Investigating homicides -- The trailside killer -- Inside San Quentin -- An unnecessary death -- Investigating suicides -- The bridge -- The German tourist -- Investigating the unusual -- Bones and a frozen infant -- Investigating abuse -- Remembrances of October -- Cases in the news -- The Mitchell brothers -- Notes and notifications -- Power struggles -- A supervisor's wrath -- Ending and beginning.

"In the vein of Dr. Judy Melinek's Working Stiff, an account of the hair-raising and heartbreaking cases handled by the coroner of Marin County, California throughout his four decades on the job--from high-profile deaths to serial killers, to Golden Gate Bridge suicides."-- Provided by publisher.

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