This dissertation offers a comprehensive examination of the ongoing importance of clinical autopsies. It highlights the significance of understanding factors affecting autopsy rates and implementing strategies to counteract their decline. Even in the age of advanced diagnostic technologies, autopsies remain crucial for accurate diagnoses and improving clinical care quality. Additionally, it demonstrates the feasibility and value of post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) alongside clinical autopsies, providing supplementary information and serving as an alternative when autopsy consent is unavailable. Overall, the dissertation represents a step towards reevaluating and enhancing autopsy practices, essential for reinstating this age-old yet invaluable medical procedure.

Estimation of the Time Since Death remains the foremost authoritative book on scientifically calculating the estimated time of death postmortem. Building on the success of previous editions which covered the early postmortem period, this new edition also covers the later postmortem period including putrefactive changes, entomology, and postmortem r

Written after the death of his mother, Donte Collins’s Autopsy establishes the poet as one of the most important voices in the next generation of American poetry. As the book unfolds, the reader journeys alongside the author through grief and healing. Named the Most Promising Young Poet in the country by the Academy of American Poets, Collins's work has consistently wowed audiences. Autopsy propels that work onto the national stage. In the words of the author, the book is a spring thaw -- the new life alongside the old, the good cry and the release after.

A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility.

An explosive exposé of America’s lost prosperity by Pulitzer Prize­–winning journalist Charlie LeDuff “One cannot read Mr. LeDuff's amalgam of memoir and reportage and not be shaken by the cold eye he casts on hard truths . . . A little gonzo, a little gumshoe, some gawker, some good-Samaritan—it is hard to ignore reporting like Mr. LeDuff's.” —The Wall Street Journal “Pultizer-Prize-winning journalist LeDuff . . . writes with honesty and compassion about a city that’s destroying itself–and breaking his heart.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A book full of both literary grace and hard-won world-weariness.” —Kirkus Back in his broken hometown, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff searches the ruins of Detroit for clues to his family’s troubled past. Having led us on the way up, Detroit now seems to be leading us on the way down. Once the richest city in America, Detroit is now the nation’s poorest. Once the vanguard of America’s machine age—mass-production, blue-collar jobs, and automobiles—Detroit is now America’s capital for unemployment, illiteracy, dropouts, and foreclosures. With the steel-eyed reportage that has become his trademark, and the righteous indignation only a native son possesses, LeDuff sets out to uncover what destroyed his city. He beats on the doors of union bosses and homeless squatters, powerful businessmen and struggling homeowners and the ordinary people holding the city together by sheer determination. Detroit: An American Autopsy is an unbelievable story of a hard town in a rough time filled with some of the strangest and strongest people our country has to offer.

Standing over the autopsy table gives you an unparalleled perspective on every element of the autopsy procedure. Remarkable details of disease and injury appear right before your eyes, presenting a complete picture that leads you in the direction of death. Now, those striking images have been taken from the table to the text in the only full-color guide to all aspects of the autopsy. Forensic pathology is a visual discipline, making images essential to properly explaining the critical process. Featuring over 500 full-color photographs, Color Atlas of the Autopsy provides unadulterated access to every probe of the autopsy procedure. As the only atlas to focus on autopsy protocol, the book introduces the process and principles of the procedure to uninitiated professionals who interact with the pathologist before, during, and after the autopsy. This incomparable guide presents an astonishing visual experience that goes beyond a demonstration to demystify the autopsy.

This book covers the steps of internationally accepted algorithms for standardization in the forensic autopsy, the steps of taking samples during the autopsy, how to establish chain of evidence, and also basic autopsy techniques. The book has also been enriched with the photography skills of my dear colleague Dr. İsmail Çoban (Specialist on Forensic Medicine). I hope the book will be useful for forensic medicine specialists, forensic medicine residents, autopsy assistance school graduates and students, crime scene investigators, forensic scientists, lawyers, and public prosecutors. Türkçe versiyon (for the Turkish version): https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Murat_Nihat_Arslan_Adli_Otopsi_El_Kitab%C4%B1_Temel_Yak?id=bH43EAAAQBAJ