Forensic Pathology: Principles and Practice

Best all around text that I've found.

the best forensic pathology text i've read so far.

For the price, it needed more detail. It was ok, does the job but lacks the clarity needed to be an excellent text

This is a normal pathology text like the many others out there. The pictures are in colour but it does not merit the extreme price: three times that of its counterparts. I gave 4 stars for this very reason, as it cost me a week's worth of hard work to buy it, thinking that it will be outstanding, but I am actually disappointed!

No one can beat this...This is the master piece of Forensic Pathology.

I read this thing cover to cover and it was time well spent. Lots of high-quality full color photographs illustrating important post mortem findings. The book is organized intelligently and includes chapters that take the reader beyond the core topics of "blunt trauma" or "gunshot wounds" etc. The text is clear and easy to understand but also quite thorough. That being said, the text is not quite as comprehensive as Spitz and Fisher, and there is room for much expansion without compromising the merits of this book. A new edition appears to be coming out later this year and though the content of this first edition needs little revision, I hope it is greatly expanded.

It might be of slight interest to those who will read these reviews, primarily forensic pathologists, that under the current laws of the state of Florida, this book is illegal! When Dale Earnhardt died, there were attempts made by the media to acquire the medical examiner autopsy photographs (in and of itself a sad indictment of our society.) In a classic "knee-jerk" response, the legislature made the viewing and use of medical examiner photographs illegal, with the exception of the use of said photographs for teaching in public institutions. Strictly then, in Florida these photographs cannot even be used in teaching law students at private institutions.

This book is really helpful. It covers a wide range of forensics pathology topics and provides rich and detailed information on these topics. It can be used as a "forensics pathology for dummies" book as well as a reference book for confirmed pathologists.And last but not least, it is full of very good color pictures (forget the usual black and white pics which provide poor information, color pictures are so realistic and so much better!), and generally speaking its look and feels are very pleasant.