An introduction to the work of a medical examiner
Subtitle: from death scene to autopsy suite
By: John J. Miletich and Tia Laura Lindstrom ; foreword by Cyril H. Wecht
Contributors: Lindstrom, Tia Laura
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780275995089; 9780275995096
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-168) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Cyril H. Wecht; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction : an advocate for the dead; title: 1. Experts in death; title: 2. Death and the human body; title: 3. Death and trauma : some common signs; title: 4. Death by hostile environment; title: 5. Death and drugs; title: 6. Death by venom and poison; title: 7. Death by suicide; title: 8. Autopsy suite and examination resources; title: 9. Autopsy : external examination; title: 10. Autopsy : internal examination; title: 11. Examination instruments; title: 12. Toxicology; title: 13. The autopsy report : natural death, suicide, accident, or murder; title: 14. Autopsy investigations in mass fatalities; title: 15. Death reexamined : when bodies are exhumed; title: 16. Conclusion : developing technology and the future of autopsy; title: Appendix A. For further information; title: Appendix B. Forensic pathology training programs; title: Bibliography; title: Index.