Diagnostic Pathology: Forensic Autopsy. Edition No. 2

Most forensic autopsies are performed by hospital-based pathologists and other non-forensic pathology practitioners who have little or no forensic pathology training. Due to this lack of training, all pathologists who perform forensic autopsies need access to easy to understand details about identification of scene elements and best procedures to help them correctly diagnose the findings and patterns they see for each death encountered. In Diagnostic Pathology: Forensic Autopsy 2e, Mary Ann Sens, MD, PhD contributes over 20 years experience as a forensic pathologist, professor, and experienced coroner and medical examiner, and provides details that will sidestep the lack of standardization which exists for procedures, required reporting, and overall process. The 2e provides chapters organized by manner of death and delivers comprehensive methods of scene investigation and all details to consider including internal and external examinations, photography, toxicology and ancillary studies to consider including photography, toxicology, microbiology and chemistry. Methods of identification and evidence collection are also covered for each manner of death. Together the breadth and depth of details presented deliver a comprehensive content set that serves as an expert reference on the job and also provides a training resource for forensic pathology residents and fellows, pathology assistants, and crime scene investigators.

• Provides expert guidance on accurate diagnoses of the findings and patterns encountered in forensic autopsy, as well as cause of death procedures, as gleaned from Dr. Mary Ann Sens’ 40+ years of experience as a forensic pathologist, professor, and experienced coroner and medical examiner
• Contains all-new material on radiology and imaging, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, chronic alcoholism, endocrine-related deaths, deaths related to low weight and excessive weight, blast-injury deaths, drug-related deaths, environmental exposure, wound data and timing, cultural awareness and death rituals, and much more
• Discusses all the steps necessary to complete an accurate forensic autopsy-both routine and complex-with sections on preautopsy considerations; external/internal examinations; injuries; pediatric deaths; sudden natural deaths; special topics such as in-custody deaths, eating disorders, and neglect; ancillary procedures; interpretive toxicology; and reports and death certificates
• Includes 1,600 high-quality images throughout (half are new to this edition), including full-color illustrations and clinical and gross pathology photographs?all carefully annotated to highlight the most diagnostically significant factors, as well as videos and nearly 600 additional images available online
• Provides comprehensive information on national recommendations and industry standards from groups such as the ABMDI, NAME, and NIJ
• Features a templated, highly formatted design; concise, bulleted text; key facts in each chapter; and an extensive index for easy reference
• Offers authoritative, readable coverage for those who need to learn and understand important aspects of forensic autopsy, including coroners, medicolegal death investigators, and legal investigators
• Includes an eBook version that enables you to access all text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud; additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date