Overview
Practical text designed to show a "how to” guide to modern post mortem techniques
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Post Mortem Technique Handbook 2nd edition is a comprehensive practical guide to performing the modern post mortem. The text is well illustrated and presented by system. The book covers both the standard evisceration techniques and the many different dissection techniques that may be necessary in a variety of circumstances likely to be encountered by a practicing pathologist.
The recent debates regarding organ retention have lead to major changes in the legal groundings of post mortems, and yet recent studies confirm the continued need for autopsy information, given the inaccuracies of pre-mortem diagnosis. This new and thoroughly revised edition includes the most recent guidance from the Royal College of Pathologists and from the College of American Pathologists.
A must-have for all those who conduct post mortems, this book is essential for pathologists in training, medical students, and mortuary technicians, but will also be useful to experienced practitioner requiring information on the less common techniques.
Both authors are Consultant Histopathologists and Honorary Senior Lecturers at the University of London, and are closely involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate education and examination.
Reviews
From reviews of the 1st edition:
This is a practical benchtop manual, which is comprehensive and fills a gap in the market. It is recommended, especially as an introductory handbook for trainees in anatomical pathology. (Clinical, Anatomical, Experimental Pathology 2002:34;204.)
The textbook should be available n each institute of pathology which is still performing autopsies, especially when young colleagues are to be trained in this technique. (Electronic Journal of Pathology and Histopathology 19-03-01.)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Post Mortem Technique Handbook
Authors: Michael T. Sheaff, Deborah J. Hopster
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b138665
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-85233-813-8Published: 01 February 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84996-927-7Published: 02 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-090-0Published: 18 December 2005
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIV, 452
Topics: Pathology, Anatomy, Forensic Medicine