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The "Detective of Death."

Medical Examiner and "detective of death", Michael Baden, the former Chief Medical Examiner of New York City. Baden argues that there is a national crisis in forensic medicine. He writes that the search for scientific truth is often sullied by the pressures of expediency and politics. His memoir is "Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner" (Ivy Books).

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Other segments from the episode on January 12, 1994

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 12, 1994: Interview with Michael Baden; Interview with Timothy Garton Ash; Review of the album "I Puritani."

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