A matter of life and death / Sue Armstrong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, Sue, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pathology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 p.)

Edition:

[Rev. ed.].

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Canongate, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'A Matter of Life and Death' profiles some of the world's most eminent and pioneering pathologists. This is a hidden world, yet one we will all inevitably encounter at some time in our lives, for pathology lies at the cornerstone of modern medicine. A Matter of Life and Death profiles some of the world's most eminent and pioneering pathologists. This is a hidden world, yet one we will all inevitably encounter at some time in our lives, for pathology lies at the cornerstone of modern medicine. It is pathologists who are responsible for recognising new diseases such as AIDS, SARS or bird flu, and for diagnosing which cancer a patient is suffering from. And it is pathologists who must explain the cause of death at the autopsy table. A Matter of Life and Death tells fascinating stories of mysterious illnesses and miraculous scientific breakthroughs. But it is also crammed full of extraordinary characters - from the forensic anthropologist with his own Body Farm in Tennessee to the doctor who had a heart-and-lung transplant and ended up using her own lungs for research.

Contents:

A Matter of Life and Death

Title Page

Epigraph

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

'PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF'

'CHILDREN ARE NOT JUST LITTLE ADULTS'

READING THE BONES

WITNESS TO THE RAVAGES OF AIDS

HOW BODIES DECAY: LESSONS FROM THE BODY FARM

CANCER IN CLOSE-UP

THE DEADLY SECRETS OF SPANISH FLU

WHO WAS THE FIRST PATHOLOGIST?

SCIENCE IN THE SERVICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

MAD COWS AND HUMAN DISEASE

FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT

OF ROUGH POLITICS AND POWERFUL PATHOLOGY

SHAKEN BABIES AND UNSHAKABLE MINDS

DIAGNOSIS: A MARRIAGE OF ART AND SCIENCE

EASING THE PAIN OF LOSS

STEM CELLS AND THE BODY&amp

rsquo

S REMARKABLE CAPACITY FOR REPAIR

FORENSICS IN A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE

LESSONS IN LIVING AND DYING

GLOSSARY

INDEX

B

C

D

E

F

G, H

I, J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

V

W

Y

Z

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Copyright.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781847679055

1847679056

OCLC:

1255222893