Working stiff, two years, 262 bodies, and the making of a medical examiner, Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell
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Working stiff, two years, 262 bodies, and the making of a medical examiner, Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Working stiff
Oclc number
862348199
Responsibility statement
Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell
Sub title
two years, 262 bodies, and the making of a medical examiner
Summary
The fearless memoir of a young forensic pathologist's "rookie season" as a NYC medical examiner, and the cases -- hair-raising and heartbreaking and impossibly complex -- that shaped her as both a physician and a mother. Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. With her husband T.J. and their toddler Daniel holding down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death investigation -- performing autopsies, investigating death scenes, counseling grieving relatives. Working Stiff chronicles Judy'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. The body never lies -- 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 shows like CSI and Law & Order to reveal the secret story of the real morgue
Table Of Contents
This can only end badly -- They'll still be dead tomorrow -- See for yourself -- By accident -- Poison -- Stinks and bones -- Death at the hand of another -- Not your fault -- Misadventures in medicine -- DM01 -- Just as we feared -- Final disposition
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Creator
Subject
- Biographies
- Pathologistes judiciaires -- New York (État) -- New York -- Biographies
- Personal narratives
- Melinek, Judy
- Pathologie médico-légale
- Rättsläkare
- Personal Narrative
- Förenta staterna + New York
- Forensic pathology
- Mitchell, T. J
- Forensic Pathology
- Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis -- Récits personnels
- Médecins légistes -- New York (État) -- New York -- Biographies
- Autobiographies
- Rättsmedicin
- Medical examiners (Law) -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Personal narratives
- New York City
- Autobiography
- Récits personnels
- Forensic pathologists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
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- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Genre6
- Subject21
- Biographies
- Pathologistes judiciaires -- New York (État) -- New York -- Biographies
- Personal narratives
- Melinek, Judy
- Pathologie médico-légale
- Rättsläkare
- Personal Narrative
- Förenta staterna + New York
- Forensic pathology
- Mitchell, T. J
- Forensic Pathology
- Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis -- Récits personnels
- Médecins légistes -- New York (État) -- New York -- Biographies
- Autobiographies
- Rättsmedicin
- Medical examiners (Law) -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Personal narratives
- New York City
- Autobiography
- Récits personnels
- Forensic pathologists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Content1
- Author2
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