Description: Further DetailsTitle: Working StiffCondition: NewEAN: 9781476727264ISBN: 9781476727264Publisher: ScribnerFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/02/2015Item Height: 213mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 345gAuthor: Judy Melinek, T.J. MitchellLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical ExaminerISBN-10: 1476727260Description: Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. While her husband and their toddler held down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death investigation-performing autopsies, investigating death scenes, counseling grieving relatives. Working Stiff chronicles Judy's two years of training, taking readers behind the police tape of some of the most harrowing deaths in the Big Apple, including a firsthand account of the events of September 11, the subsequent anthrax bio-terrorism attack, and the disastrous crash of American Airlines Flight 587. An unvarnished portrait of the daily life of medical examiners-complete with grisly anecdotes, chilling crime scenes, and a welcome dose of gallows humor-Working Stiffoffers a glimpse into the daily life of one of America's most arduous professions, and the unexpected challenges of shuttling between the domains of the living and the dead. The body never lies-and through the murders, accidents, and suicides that land on her table, Dr. Melinek lays bare the truth behind the glamorized depictions of autopsy work on television to reveal the secret story of the real morgue. "Haunting and illuminating...the stories from her average workdays…transfix the reader with their demonstration that medical science can diagnose and console long after the heartbeat stops" (The New York Times).Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: BiographyTopic: MedicineRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Working Stiff
Title: Working Stiff
EAN: 9781476727264
ISBN: 9781476727264
Release Date: 07/02/2015
Release Year: 2015
Subtitle: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
ISBN-10: 1476727260
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Working Stiff : Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Topic: Pathology, Forensic Medicine, Medical Law & Legislation, Personal Memoirs, General, Law Enforcement
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Law, Biography & Autobiography, Medical
Item Weight: 8.1 Oz
Item Length: 8.4 in
Author: Judy Melinek, T. J. Mitchell
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
