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Foreword / Cyril H. Wecht
Acknowledgments
Introduction : an advocate for the dead
1. Experts in death
2. Death and the human body
3. Death and trauma : some common signs
4. Death by hostile environment
5. Death and drugs
6. Death by venom and poison
7. Death by suicide
8. Autopsy suite and examination resources
9. Autopsy : external examination
10. Autopsy : internal examination
11. Examination instruments
12. Toxicology
13. The autopsy report : natural death, suicide, accident, or murder
14. Autopsy investigations in mass fatalities
15. Death reexamined : when bodies are exhumed
16. Conclusion : developing technology and the future of autopsy
Appendix A. For further information
Appendix B. Forensic pathology training programs
Bibliography
Index.
Acknowledgments
Introduction : an advocate for the dead
1. Experts in death
2. Death and the human body
3. Death and trauma : some common signs
4. Death by hostile environment
5. Death and drugs
6. Death by venom and poison
7. Death by suicide
8. Autopsy suite and examination resources
9. Autopsy : external examination
10. Autopsy : internal examination
11. Examination instruments
12. Toxicology
13. The autopsy report : natural death, suicide, accident, or murder
14. Autopsy investigations in mass fatalities
15. Death reexamined : when bodies are exhumed
16. Conclusion : developing technology and the future of autopsy
Appendix A. For further information
Appendix B. Forensic pathology training programs
Bibliography
Index.