Post Mortem Technique Handbook

A guide to performing the post mortem. This 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. It is suitable for pathologists in training, medical students, and mortuary technicians. 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. A Comprehensive And Practical Guide To Conducting Postmortem Examinations And Autopsies. For Pathologists And Forensic Professionals, This Text Offers Guidance On Less Common Techniques, With A Separate Section For Each Specific Organ System Dissection. Well Illustrated And Suitable As A Medical Text. Foreword I / John H. Sinard -- Foreword Ii / Colin Berry -- 1. Before The Post Mortem -- 2. General Inspection And Initial Stages Of Evisceration -- 3. Evisceration Techniques -- 4. Block Dissection -- 5. The Cardiovascular System -- 6. The Respiratory System -- 7. The Gastrointestinal System -- 8. The Genitourinary System -- 9. The Endocrine System -- 10. The Haematopoietic And Lymphoreticular Systems -- 11. The Musculoskeletal System -- 12. The Nervous System -- 13. After Dissection -- 14. Fetal, Perinatal, And Infant Autopsies. Michael T. Sheaff, Deborah J. Hopster ; With Forewords By John H. Sinard And Sir Colin Berry. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 423-426) And Index. "Post Mortem Technique Handbook, Second 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."--Jacket Contains thorough explanations and descriptions Offers clear informative diagrams and photographs Aimed at pathologists in training, medical students, and mortuary technicians Thoroughly revised 2nd edition includes the most recent guidance to an accurate mortem diagnosis from the Royal College of Pathologists and from the College of American Pathologists