Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner - Couverture souple

M. Baden, Michael; Adler Hennessee, Judith; Adler Hennesse, Judith; Canning, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0751509604 ISBN 13 : 9780751509601

Editeur : Time Warner Paperbacks, 1991

Synopsis

UNNATURAL DEATH - Formerly the Chief Medical Examiner for New York City, Dr. Michael Baden was for determining the causes of tens of thousands of deaths, from those of presidents and rock stars to victims of serial killings, perverted sex rituals, mass disasters, infanticide and drug abuse. In this compelling and often gruesome expose he produces dramatic evidence to demonstrate that political intrigue, nepotism and professional incomence have led to major miscarriages of justice where murder is concerned. UNSOLVED MURDERS AND MYSTERIES - * Robert Maxwell - was he murdered? Was the man in Spandau the real Rudolf Hess? * When John Cartland was axed to death on holiday in France, his son Jeremy fell under suspicion. Yet could Cartland have been a delayed casualty of World War II? These cases and many more are guaranteed to make grimly compulsive reading. The crime of murder - horrible at the best of times but doubly chilling when unsolved..

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Review

Forensic pathologist Michael Baden was a medical examiner in New York City for more than 25 years. Now he works for the New York State Police and teaches forensic medicine. This engrossing book covers: (1) several famous cases, including Baden's personal re-examination of the autopsy findings for Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy; (2) unusual cases Baden had as medical examiner for NYC, such as an autopsy on a dining room table at the Plaza Hotel; (3) how medical examiners decide on means of death, with a section on poisons; (4) the history of coroners and medical examiners since 12th century England; (5) disturbing politics involved in the office of the Chief Medical Examiner of NYC; (6) identification of the dead; (7) time of death; (8) multiple-murder cases; (9) an almost perfect murder; (10) close calls, including near deaths during sex; (11) cases of mistaken diagnosis; and (12) autopsy findings that shed light on what happened in the Attica uprising.

From Library Journal

Baden, formerly Chief Medical Examiner of New York City, is an angry man with a message. He persuasively argues that medical investigations of unnatural deaths have been hampered by politics, money, position, and religion. Family wishes, political expediency, and actual medical incompetence often make for bungled autopsies or the true cause of death not being disclosed. Using his forensic skills, Baden analyzes some famous cases--John F. Kennedy, Nelson Rockefeller, John Belushi, and Elvis Presley--as well as many lesser-known but very perplexing ones, sometimes leading to surprising conclusions. Breezily written, this reads like a collection of mystery stories. Recommended.
- Sandra K. Lindheimer, Middlesex Law Lib., Cambridge, Mass.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Time Warner Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0751509604
• ISBN 13: 9780751509601
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 228
• Éditeur: Canning John
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible