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Handbook for Death Scene Investigators
Contributor(s): Dix, Jay (Author)
ISBN: 0849302986     ISBN-13: 9780849302985
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $56.04  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 1999
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Annotation: This handy pocket-sized guide provides concise information for death scene investigators, including details about sudden natural deaths by disease and accident. Practical information supplied includes how to review a medical chart, how to collect evidence, and how to obtain a medical history.
-- Presents information in a practical, easy-to-locate format
-- Provides appendices on medical terms, lists of prescription drugs, and 45 black-and-white photographs showing examples of death and decomposition
-- Includes a chapter on other experts who may be needed at the death scene
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Law | Forensic Science
- Medical | Forensic Medicine
- Medical | Pathology
Dewey: 614.1
LCCN: 99206524
Physical Information: 0.31" H x 3.42" W x 6" (0.18 lbs) 152 pages
 
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Handbook for Death Scene Investigators provides concise information in a handy, pocket-sized (3 1/2 x 6) format - perfect for on-the-scene reference.
Details about sudden natural deaths by disease and accidents are emphasized in this guidebook, complemented with practical information on:

  • reviewing a medical chart
  • collecting evidence
  • obtaining a medical history
  • interacting with other law enforcement personnel, witnesses, and relatives
    Anyone responsible for investigating natural deaths - from police investigators to medical examiners - can go direct to the information they need at a moment's notice with the Handbook for Death Scene Investigators

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