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OCME : life in America's top forensic medical center / Bruce Goldfarb.

Goldfarb, Bruce, (author.).

Summary:

Taking readers inside the nation's preeminent Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the author, who spent ten years with the Maryland OCME, explores the year-by-year story of a pioneer in the field of forensic medicine that is now chronically in crisis.
"Equipped with a journalist's eye, a paramedic's experience and a sardonic wit, Bruce Goldfarb spent ten years with Maryland's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where every sudden or unattended death in the state is scrutinized. Touching on numerous scandals, including Derek Chauvin's trial for the murder of George Floyd and the tragic killing in police custody of Freddie Gray, Goldfarb pulls back the curtain on a pioneer institution in crisis. Medical examiners and the investigators and technicians who support them play vital roles in the justice and public health systems of every American community. During Goldfarb's time with the Maryland OCME, opioid-related deaths contributed to a significant increase in their workload. Faced with a chronic shortage of qualified experts and inadequate funding, their important and fascinating work has become more challenging than most people could ever imagine." -- Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781586423582
  • ISBN: 1586423584
  • Physical Description: 229 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Lebanon, New Hampshire : Steerforth Press, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-229).
Subject:
Goldfarb, Bruce.
Maryland. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Medical examiners (Law) > Maryland.
Forensic pathology > Maryland.
Genre:
Autobiographies.

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  • 8 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

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Mars Hill Library 614 GOL (Text) 30229101356664 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bordeaux Library 614.1097 GOL (Text) 31781068629037 Adult Nonfiction Available -
High Point Library 614.1097 Goldfarb (Text) 30519010876756 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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