Diagnoses from the dead
Subtitle: the book of autopsy
By: [edited by] Richard A. Prayson.
Contributors: Prayson, Richard A.; Prayson, Richard A.
Publisher: Kaplan; Kaplan Publishing; Brand: Kaplan Trade
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781607140825
Subjects: Autopsy; Autopsy
Description: "These and a great many other fascinating facts fill the pages of Dr. Richard A. Prayson's 'Diagnoses from the dead', which introduces autopsy in straightforward terms and describes, step by step, how an autopsy is preformed"--Back cover.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Autopsy / Richard A. Prayson. c2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Autopsy 101 / by Richard A. Prayson; title: Solving medical mysteries : what kinds of information can an autopsy reveal? / by Amanda L. Tencza; title: More ways the dead help the living / by James T. Beckmann, Seetharam C. Chadalavada, and Alexandra Kovach; title: History of the autopsy / by Alexandra Kovach; title: How is an autopsy done? / by Carl R. Peterson III; title: Forensic autopsy / by Richard A. Prayson; title: What happens to the body after autopsy? / by Richard A. Prayson; title: Who consents to an autopsy? / by Leonid Cherkassky; title: Religious perspectives / by Jason O. Robertson; title: Ethical issues / by Carl D. Koch; title: Is the autopsy dead? : current problems facing autopsy / by Samuel T. Edwards.