Handbook of Autopsy Practice

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Waters, Brenda L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Edition: Fourth Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Forensic Medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-127-7

Handbook of Autopsy Practice, Fourth Edition is a testament to the continued evolution of autopsy pathology. In this updated and expanded new edition, the editors cover technological advancements and discuss skills that are necessary in order to perform the most efficient autopsy possible. These ski...

Table of Contents:

• Ensuring Quality in the Academic Hospital Autopsy
• Principles of Dissection
• The Cardiovascular System
• The Nervous System
• The Eye and Adnexa
• The Autopsy Laboratory
• Autopsy Microbiology
• Autopsy Chemistry
• Chromosome Analysis on Autopsy Tissue
• Postmortem Imaging Techniques
• Autopsies Involving Radioactive Material
• The Hospital Autopsy Report, Death Certification
• Medicolegal Autopsy and Postmortem Toxicology
• Legal Aspects of Autopsy Practice
• Fixation and Shipping of Autopsy Material
• Museum Techniques
• Part II Alphabetic Listing of Diseases and Conditions
• Part III: Normal Weights and Measurements.