Essentials of Autopsy Practice

Post-Mortem Computed Tomography (PMCT) Scanning with Angiography (PMCTA). A Description of Three Distinct Methods.- Death by Hanging.- Marine Toxins.- The Dismembered Body.- Medico-legal Autopsies and Pharmacogenetics.- Forensic Entomology: a Synopsis, Guide and Update.- Advances in the Use of Latent Finger Marks.

Guy Rutty is a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery and has a Medical Doctorate. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and holds the Royal College of Pathologists Diploma in Forensic Pathology. He is a Fellow of the Forensic Science Society and a Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians. He holds the Foundation Chair in Forensic Pathology at the University of Leicester where he is Chief Forensic Pathologist and he is an Honorary Consultant in Histopathology to the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and he is a Home Office Registered Forensic Pathologist, having been placed on the Home Office Accredited Register in 1996. He has served as an elected member of Council of the Royal College of Pathologists and acted as the Chair of the Forensic Pathology Specialist Advisory Committee and remains on this Committee to date. He is a visiting Fellow of Cranfield University and sits on the Academic Committee of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians where he is a member of their Research Committee having been the Foundation Chair of the committee. He has been a member of the Policy Delivery Board for Forensic Pathology for the Home Office and is a member of the Netherlands Board of Court Experts Advisory Committee for Standards for Forensic Pathology.

From the reviews:



"The purpose is to update those involved in autopsy practice on various changes in the field which the author feels are critical to sound postmortem investigation. ... The pictures and tables are well placed and very useful. ... it is very helpful for those interested in these particular topics. This is a concise and an enjoyable read. Practitioners who have a good knowledge of the field and are trying to stay abreast of changes in autopsy practice would be well served by this book." (James W. Bush, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2014)