Essentials of Autopsy Practice Advances, Updates and Emerging Technologies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rutty, Guy N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Forensic medicine.; Pathology.; Medical laws and legislation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Forensic Medicine.; Medical Law.

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 wit...

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.