Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a

Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

â€œFunâ€¦and full of smart science. Fans of CSIâ€”the real kindâ€”will want to read itâ€ (The Washington Post): A young forensic pathologistâ€™s â€œrookie seasonâ€ as a NYC medical examiner, and the hair-raising cases that shaped her as a physician and human being.

Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. While her husband and their toddler held down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death investigationâ€”performing autopsies, investigating death scenes, counseling grieving relatives. Working Stiff chronicles Judyâ€™s two years of training, taking readers behind the police tape of some of the most harrowing deaths in the Big Apple, including a firsthand account of the events of September 11, the subsequent anthrax bio-terrorism attack, and the disastrous crash of American Airlines Flight 587.

An unvarnished portrait of the daily life of medical examinersâ€”complete with grisly anecdotes, chilling crime scenes, and a welcome dose of gallows humorâ€”Working Stiff offers a glimpse into the daily life of one of Americaâ€™s most arduous professions, and the unexpected challenges of shuttling between the domains of the living and the dead. The body never liesâ€”and through the murders, accidents, and suicides that land on her table, Dr. Melinek lays bare the truth behind the glamorized depictions of autopsy work on television to reveal the secret story of the real morgue. â€œHaunting and illuminating...the stories from her average workdaysâ€¦transfix the reader with their demonstration that medical science can diagnose and console long after the heartbeat stopsâ€ (The New York Times).
Country USA
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-08-12
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-08-12
Format	Kindle eBook

Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

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