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An introduction to the work of a medical examiner : from death scene to autopsy suite / John J. Miletich and Tia Laura Lindstrom ; foreword by Cyril H. Wecht.
- Title
- An introduction to the work of a medical examiner : from death scene to autopsy suite / John J. Miletich and Tia Laura Lindstrom ; foreword by Cyril H. Wecht.
- Author
- Miletich, John J.
- Publication
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | RA1063.4 .M55 2010 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Lindstrom, Tia Laura.
- Description
- xix, 174 p.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-168) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword / Cyril H. Wecht -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : an advocate for the dead -- 1. Experts in death -- 2. Death and the human body -- 3. Death and trauma : some common signs -- 4. Death by hostile environment -- 5. Death and drugs -- 6. Death by venom and poison -- 7. Death by suicide -- 8. Autopsy suite and examination resources -- 9. Autopsy : external examination -- 10. Autopsy : internal examination -- 11. Examination instruments -- 12. Toxicology -- 13. The autopsy report : natural death, suicide, accident, or murder -- 14. Autopsy investigations in mass fatalities -- 15. Death reexamined : when bodies are exhumed -- 16. Conclusion : developing technology and the future of autopsy -- Appendix A. For further information -- Appendix B. Forensic pathology training programs -- Bibliography -- Index.
- ISBN
- 9780275995089 (hard copy : alk. paper)
- 0275995089 (hard copy : alk. paper)
- 9780275995096 (ebook)
- 0275995097 (ebook)
- LCCN
- ^^2009048542
- OCLC
- 464583172
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library