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01594aam a2200337Ia 4500 001 53809FA698A711E0AFB212876AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110617010202 008 090427s2010 mnua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009017436 020 $a 0761338519 020 $a 9780761338512 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Murray, Elizabeth A. 245 1 $a Death : $b corpses, cadavers, and other grave matters / $c Elizabeth A. Murray. 260 $a Minneapolis : $b Twenty-First Century Books, $c c2010. 300 $a 112 p. : $b ill. (chiefly col.) ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Discovery! 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Matters of life and death -- The body in crisis -- Death's timetable -- At death's doorstep -- Manner and cause of death -- All that remains: postmortem changes -- Death benefits: life after death? 520 $a The book discusses various kinds of death, the role of the medical examiner, and what happens to the body after death, including rigor mortis and decomposition. It also includes sidebar interviews with people who have escaped death, those who work with dead bodies, and people who have donated organs. 521 $a Grades 7-9. 650 0 $a Death (Biology) 650 0 $a Postmortem changes. 830 0 $a Discovery! (Lerner Publications Company) 941 $a 4 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314034645.0 952 $l GMPD771 $d 20230210012006.0 952 $l DRPC413 $d 20180714022402.0 952 $l SQPC104 $d 20121208011427.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=53809FA698A711E0AFB212876AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search