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In this compelling interdisciplinary study, Elizabeth Klaver considers how autopsies are performed in a variety of contexts, from the "real" thing in hospitals and county morgues to various depictions in paintings, novels, plays, films, and television shows. Autopsies can serve a variety of pedagogical, legal, scientific, and social functions, and the autopsied cadaver, Klaver shows, has lately become one of the most spectacular bodies offered up to the public on film, television, and the Internet. Setting her discussion within the history of the modern autopsy, and including the narrative of her own attendance at a medical autopsy, Klaver makes the autopsy readable in a number of diverse venues, from Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson and Vesalius's Fabrica to The Silence of the Lambs, The X-Files, and CSI. Moving from the actual autopsy itself to its broader symbolic ramifications, Klaver addresses questions as disparate as the social constructedness of the body, the perception and treatment of death under late capitalism, and the ubiquity of paranoia in contemporary culture.

Autopsy --- Necropsy --- Necroscopy --- Post-mortem examinations --- Postmortem examinations --- Postmortems --- Anatomy, Pathological --- Dead bodies (Law) --- Human dissection --- Medical jurisprudence --- Death --- History. --- Social aspects. --- Causes

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If a death is suspicious, an autopsy of the body is performed with the intent of determining the cause and manner of death. A death investigation begins with body examination and evidence collection at the scene and proceeds through history, postmortem examination and autopsy, laboratory tests, and determining the cause and manner of death. This book provides a comprehensive overview of postmortem examination and autopsy, the steps involved, and what the results of the examination can tell us.

Autopsy --- Social aspects. --- Case studies. --- Necropsy --- Necroscopy --- Post-mortem examinations --- Postmortem examinations --- Postmortems --- Anatomy, Pathological --- Dead bodies (Law) --- Human dissection --- Medical jurisprudence --- Death --- Causes

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This how-to guide presents today's most complete coverage of performing, interpreting, and reporting post-mortem examinations. In addition to discussing the basics of the specialty, this lasting and useful reference features information on the performance of specialized autopsy procedures. The material is divided into two sections for ease of use: a manual covering specific autopsy procedures, biosafety, generation of autopsy reports, preparation of death certificates, and other essential subjects; and an atlas, organized by organ system, that captures the appearance of the complete spectrum of autopsy findings.

Autopsy --- Death Certificates --- Quality Control --- methods --- Death Certificates. --- Quality Control. --- methods. --- Autopsia --- Control de calidad --- Libros electrónicos --- Necropsy --- Necroscopy --- Post-mortem examinations --- Postmortem examinations --- Postmortems --- Anatomy, Pathological --- Dead bodies (Law) --- Human dissection --- Medical jurisprudence --- Death --- Causes

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Williams examines TASER use and high-risk group theory, which posits that people with certain physiological attributes, such as heart disease, mental illness, or drug use, are at increased risk of sudden death following application of a TASER electronic control device (ECD). Data derived from autopsy reports indicate few differences in the presence of such attributes between arrest-related sudden deaths following the application of an ECD and arrest-related sudden deaths that did not involve an ECD. The notable exception was deaths involving excited delirium, which appeared statistically more often in ECD-proximate events.

Autopsy --- Forensic pathology --- Sudden death --- Police --- Death --- Mortality --- Pathology, Forensic --- Medical jurisprudence --- Pathology --- Coroners --- Medical examiners (Law) --- Necropsy --- Necroscopy --- Post-mortem examinations --- Postmortem examinations --- Postmortems --- Anatomy, Pathological --- Dead bodies (Law) --- Human dissection --- Causes

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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.

Autopsy --- Pathology --- Disease (Pathology) --- Medical sciences --- Diseases --- Medicine --- Medicine, Preventive --- Necropsy --- Necroscopy --- Post-mortem examinations --- Postmortem examinations --- Postmortems --- Anatomy, Pathological --- Dead bodies (Law) --- Human dissection --- Medical jurisprudence --- Death --- Causes --- Pathology. --- Human anatomy. --- Forensic Medicine. --- Anatomy. --- Forensic medicine --- Injuries (Law) --- Jurisprudence, Medical --- Legal medicine --- Forensic sciences --- Medical laws and legislation --- Anatomy, Human --- Anatomy --- Human biology --- Human body --- Forensic medicine. --- Medical jurisprudence.