Providing thorough visual demonstrations of postmortem changes of the human body, the book presents the different kinds of patterns produced in deaths resulting from
Natural causesDiagnostic proceduresTherapeutic proceduresSubstance abusePoisoningChild abuseFirearmsBlunt instrumentsSharp instrumentsBurnsAsphyxia
The book also includes an entirely new section on histopathology. The text uses specific, detailed language to describe what is represented in each photo and to make side-by-side comparisons of similar but distinct pathologies. The Color Atlas of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, Second Edition is an invaluable professional reference for death investigators, medical examiners, and forensic pathologists.