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Valentine, Carla.
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Valentine, Carla.
Forensic pathology -- Case studies.
Autopsy -- Case studies.
Women forensic pathologists -- Biography.
Forensic pathologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Death -- Causes.
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Valentine, Carla.
Valentine, Carla.
Forensic pathology -- Case studies.
Autopsy -- Case studies.
Women forensic pathologists -- Biography.
Forensic pathologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Death -- Causes.
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The chick and the dead : life and death behind mortuary doors / Carla Valentine.
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Valentine, Carla.
St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Call #:
614
.1
V157c
Subjects
Valentine, Carla.
Forensic pathology -- Case studies.
Autopsy -- Case studies.
Women forensic pathologists -- Biography.
Forensic pathologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Death -- Causes.
ISBN:
9781250120687 (hc.)
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Description:
xi, 287 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"Carla Valentine works with the dead. After studying forensics, she assisted pathologists with post-mortems for years before becoming the curator of a pathology museum. When it comes to death, she truly is an expert. Using the most common post-mortem process as the backbone of the narrative, she takes the reader through the process of an autopsy while also describing the history and changing cultures of our relationship with the dead. Vivid insight into what happens to our bodies in the end. Each chapter considers an aspect of an autopsy alongside an aspect of Carla's own life and work and touches on some of the more controversial aspects of our feelings towards death, including the relationship between sex and death and our attitudes toward human tissue collection. Starting with the first cut, we move from external examination into the body itself, discovering more about the heart, stomach and brain, and into dismembered and reconstructed bodies, at each stage taking a colorful detour into the question of what these things can teach us about the living."--Provided by publisher.
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