Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Advances, Updates and Emerging Technologies / Edition 1

by Guy N. Rutty

Overview

This book covers new and exciting topics which have emerged in the area of autopsy recently, including the three different post-mortem CT-angiography systems currently available to practitioners in this field; a highly topical chapter on the role of genetic abnormalities in the handling of drugs within the body and how this can affect the interpretation of toxicological results in relation to how the drug may have caused or contributed to death; an update on the current classification and considerations related to deaths due to hanging; a review of injuries and fatalities caused by animals including post-mortem scavenging; an authoritative review of poisons and toxins from water and the life that inhabits it; and recent advances in knowledge in the use of entomology as an investigative tool as well as knowledge related to colonisation of cadavers by insects, animals and birds.

Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Advances, Updates and Emerging Technologies is a multi-subject book, aimed at different grades of practitioners, from different practice areas, covering topics that are currently discussed and anticipated to be discussed in the field of autopsy practice over the next few years.​

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447152699
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	08/07/2013
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	153
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

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 Legal Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians. He holds the Foundation Chair in Forensic Pathology at the University of Leicester where he is Chief Forensic Pathologist and he is an Honorary Consultant in Histopathology to the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and he is a Home Office Registered Forensic Pathologist, having been placed on the Home Office Accredited Register in 1996. He has served as an elected member of Council of the Royal College of Pathologists and acted as the Chair of the Forensic Pathology Specialist Advisory Committee and remains on this Committee to date. He is a visiting Fellow of Cranfield University and sits on the Academic Committee of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians where he is a member of their Research Committee having been the Foundation Chair of the committee. He has been a member of the Policy Delivery Board for Forensic Pathology for the Home Office and is a member of the Netherlands Board of Court Experts Advisory Committee for Standards for Forensic Pathology.

Table of Contents

Post-Mortem Computed Tomography (PMCT) Scanning with Angiography (PMCTA). A Description of Three Distinct Methods.- Death by Hanging.- Marine Toxins.- The Dismembered Body.- Medico-legal Autopsies and Pharmacogenetics.- Forensic Entomology: a Synopsis, Guide and Update.- Advances in the Use of Latent Finger Marks.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: James W Bush, MD (University of Kansas Medical Center)
Description: This book focuses on select areas in forensic autopsy practice that have seen recent advances, including postmortem imaging, hanging, marine toxins, dismemberment, pharmacogenetics, latent finger marks, and entomology.
Purpose: The purpose is to update those involved in autopsy practice on various changes in the field which the author feels are critical to sound postmortem investigation. This is important as changes in medicine happen rapidly and quality updates are needed in all fields.
Audience: According to the author, a working forensic pathologist in the U.K., the book targets anyone training or working in autopsy practice.
Features: The best part of the book is the practical, in-depth treatment of the various topics. It brings readers up to speed rapidly without unnecessary information. The pictures and tables are well placed and very useful. It is not by any means a comprehensive book, but it is very helpful for those interested in these particular topics.
Assessment: This is a concise and an enjoyable read. Practitioners who have a good knowledge of the field and are trying to stay abreast of changes in autopsy practice would be well served by this book. Those who need a broad, basic knowledge base should begin with another, more comprehensive book.

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From the reviews:

“The purpose is to update those involved in autopsy practice on various changes in the field which the author feels are critical to sound postmortem investigation. … The pictures and tables are well placed and very useful. … it is very helpful for those interested in these particular topics. This is a concise and an enjoyable read. Practitioners who have a good knowledge of the field and are trying to stay abreast of changes in autopsy practice would be well served by this book.” (James W. Bush, Doody’s Book Reviews, February, 2014)

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