Who Owns the Dead?
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Forensic Science, Science & Nature, Science, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Jay D. Aronson | ISBN: | 9780674972650 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | September 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jay D. Aronson |
| ISBN: | 9780674972650 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | September 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
After the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, Chief Medical Examiner Charles Hirsch proclaimed that his staff would do more than confirm the victims’ identity. They would attempt to return to families every human body part larger than a thumbnail. As Jay D. Aronson shows, delivering on that promise proved to be a monumentally difficult task.
After the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, Chief Medical Examiner Charles Hirsch proclaimed that his staff would do more than confirm the victims’ identity. They would attempt to return to families every human body part larger than a thumbnail. As Jay D. Aronson shows, delivering on that promise proved to be a monumentally difficult task.
