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 lung and heart transplant and ended up using her own lungs for research.
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'More fascinating than fiction. Forget CSI, this is the real thing. If you're interested in criminal investigation, this is the must-read of the year. Probably of the decade.' Val McDermid
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Sue Armstrong is a science writer and broadcaster living in Edinburgh. As a foreign correspondent she worked for a variety of media including the New Scientist and BBC World Service. She has also undertaken a variety of assignments writing reports for the World Health Organisation and UNAIDS.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Delia
Format:Paperback
This is a captivating book... amazing lives of amazing people. A very good read! Also an introduction to some of the emerging issues in science and pathology, well explained by experts.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By lizcat
Format:Paperback
I find forensics very interesting, like a lot of people, but this was not what I was expecting. Not the usual individual cases, but interviews with top pathologists around the world.
It was fascinating to read about what they thought about their work, curent trends and changes.
I highly recommend this book.
It was fascinating to read about what they thought about their work, curent trends and changes.
I highly recommend this book.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Stuart Adams
Format:Paperback
This is science writing for the layperson at its best. You could describe its author as the Agatha Christie of science writers. She gives you mysterious illnesses, injuries and deaths and puzzling clues and she gives you fourteen Miss Marples, each with intriguing background and charming eccentricities, and they take you along as they figure out who done it. "A Matter of Life and Death" is a page turner and, as an added bonus, after having had all that fun you find that you have learned a whole lot about areas of medical science about which you may have known nothing whatever before, not even that such areas of medical science existed. What Southern gothic mystery writer could have conjured up a forensic anthropologist with his very own body farm in Tennessee?
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Given it away and person doesn't think much of it either.
These are either good,brilliant or not and this is definitely a NOT. There is nothing more I can say about it.
Published 5 months ago by Ann M. Owen
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A great read
In this fascinating 375-page book, Sue Armstrong lifts the veil on the life-and-death world of the pathologist. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Suzanne Cherney
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A Matter of Life and Death
The book contains good interview based chapters with pathologists around the world. Very interesting read.
Published on 26 Oct 2010 by RT
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