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Author:

Murray, Elizabeth A.

Title:

Death : corpses, cadavers, and other grave matters / Elizabeth A. Murray.

Publisher:

Twenty-First Century Books,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

112 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Death (Biology)
Postmortem changes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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?

Summary:

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.

Series:

Discovery!

ISBN:

0761338519
9780761338512

LCCN:

2009017436

Locations:

DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

SQPC104 -- Jesup Public Library (Jesup)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)