Essentials of Autopsy Practice Innovations, Updates and Advances in Practice [Hardcover]

Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Innovations, Updates and Advances in Practice is the fifth volume in the Essentials in Autopsy Practice series, covering topics of current and future interest. Designed to keep all involved in the investigation of death abreast of changes within the field, this volume covers a wide range of topical areas which can be encountered around the world.

Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Innovations, Updates and Advances in Practice covers death by drowning; deaths from extreme temperature; the radioactive autopsy; chemical contamination and the autopsy; blast injuries; forensic odontology identification; and determination of the force used to cause an injury.

Useful to both trainees and consultants in all specialty areas within pathology, including forensic pathology, Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Innovations, Updates and Advances in Practice also serves as a guide to all those involved in death investigation, i.e. nurses, lawyers, paramedics and police officers.

This is the latest book in a successful series that covers recent advances, developments and topics in autopsy practice, designed for use by trainees and consultants, general and specialist pathologists, and legal practitioners whose work involves the dead.

Diatom and Laboratory Tests to Support a Conclusion of Death by Drowning.- Deaths from Extremes of Temperature.- The Radioactive Autopsy.- Chemical Contamination and the Autopsy.- Blast Injuries.- A Pathologists Guide to Forensic Odontology Identification.- How Much Force?

Guy Rutty is a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery and has a Medical Doctorate.? He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and holds the Royal College of Pathologists Diploma in Forensic Pathology. He is a Fellow of the Forensic Science Society and a Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Forensic and Llƒ"