Inquests: A Practitioner's Guide
- ISBN-10
- 0905099974
- ISBN-13
- 9780905099972
- Category
- Civil rights
- Pages
- 495
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Orbit Books
- Authors
- Leslie Thomas, Danny Friedman, Louise Christian
Description
There are few things as traumatic as the sudden death of a loved one. When that death ocurs as a result of misconduct or negligence by a public body, the bereaved are faced with another powerful emotion - an overwhelming desire to discover the truth as to how and why their loved one died.
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