Atlas of Adult Autopsy Pathology

by Burton; Julian

• ISBN13: 9781444137521
• ISBN10: 1444137522
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-08-14
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This suberb, high quality colour atlas of adult autopsy pathology is for all those performing, or learning to perform, adult non-forensic autopsies. With over 500 images of the highest quality, synoptic bullet point text and a downloadable picture gallery, this atlas concentrates on the macroscopic appearances of diseases which are grouped by organ system as encountered at autopsy. * covers appearance of commonly and less commonly encountered diseases enabling you to familiarise yourself with naked-eye appearance of the whole spectrum of disease *contains over 500 images of the highest quality also available as an online picture gallery for you to download into presentations or lectures * synoptic bullet point text enables you to find the key facts at a glance * relates macroscopic appearance with microscopic findings to enable you to determine the cause of death * focuses on non forensic pathology whilst covering the pathology of some traumatic deaths with guidelines on when to seek advice from a forensic pathologist Comprehensive in its coverage with high quality illustrations and an online picture gallery, this definitive atlas is invaluable to trainee and consultant pathologists performing non-forensic autopsies. The book will be an important reference work for anatomical pathology technicians, medico-legal specialists and their officers.