With twice as many color photographs as any other forensic pathology atlasthis book presents cases from New York City one of the busiest medicalexaminers office... » 

With twice as many color photographs as any other forensic pathology atlasthis book presents cases from New York City one of the busiest medicalexaminers offices in the country. Organized by type and progression of damagethe text covers both fatal and nonfatal injuries including gunshot woundsaccidental deaths occurring in a therapeutic setting blunt and sharp forcetrauma and natural diseases with forensic ramifications. This volume alsoprovides examples of pattern injuries and their causes classical injurycharacteristics and changes associated with decomposition. A special chapteraddresses pathologies caused by mass disasters. A DVD version is alsoavailable. «