Forensic Pathology for Police, Death Investigators, Attorneys, and Forensic Scientists

Introductory Topics.- to Pathology.- to Forensic Sciences.- to Forensic Pathology.- Death Investigation.- Death Certification.- Overview of Anatomy and Physiology.- General Topics in Forensic Pathology.- The Postmortem Forensic Examination/Autopsy.- Postmortem Changes and Time of Death.- Identification of Human Remains.- Major Causes/Mechanisms of Death.- Natural Deaths.- Drug-Related and Toxin-Related Deaths.- Blunt Force Injury Deaths.- Gunshot Wound Deaths.- Sharp Force Injury Deaths.- Asphyxial Deaths.- Drowning.- Electrical Deaths.- Temperature-Related Deaths.- Burns and Fire-Related Deaths.- Deaths in Infancy and Childhood.- Miscellaneous Topics.

Dr. Prahlow is a Forensic Pathologist at the South Bend Medical Foundation and a Professor of Pathology at Indiana University School of Medicine - South Bend at the University of Notre Dame, in South Bend, Indiana. He received his undergraduate education at Valparaiso University, attended medical school at Indiana University, completed his pathology residency at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and participated in a forensic pathology fellowship at the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. He is Board-Certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic, Clinical, and Forensic Pathology. His professional interests include teaching as well as presenting and publishing forensic pathology research. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts in medical/scientific journals, was an assistant editor for one forensic pathology textbook, editor for another, and recently authored a text entitled Forensic Pathology for Police, Death Investigators, Attorneys, and Forensic Scientists. Dr. Prahlow has presented research at numerous national meetings, and he has been an invited speaker to a variety of local, state, national, and international meetings. Dr. Prahlow is active in a number of professional organizations, including the National Association of Medical Examiners, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the College of American Pathologists, and the American Society for Clinical Pathology. In his free time, Dr. Prahlow enjoys family life with his wife and 5 children.

From the reviews:

"The book starts in a very basic manner, describing the basics of the curriculum of medical school and the basics of pathology. ... provides its audience something which they normally not get in other forensic pathology books. ... dealt with adequately with good illustrations using proper photographs. ... a welcome addition to the long list of books on forensic pathology, especially for the audience for which it specially caters too, as for them, it is probably the best book of forensic pathology." (Puneet Setia and Avneesh Gupta, Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Vol. 12 (1), January-June, 2011)

"This is a nice book for those who are getting to grips with giving evidence in inquests, where lay explanations can be very helpful to non-medical coroners, family members and jurors. ... palatable to the non-medic, be they police officers, legal professionals or interested medical secretaries. ... interest to histopathology trainees and indeed those embarking on new forensic training posts." (Amanda Jeffery, Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists, April, 2011)

"Prahlow is therefore to be congratulated in his remakably all-encompassing book, which is well-written for his target audience of the non-medically trained professional ... . Anyone involved even at the periphery of a death investigation will find much of interest in the title, and I have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending it to them. ... a valuable resource for forensic pathology trainees starting out in their careers, and I suspect that this will start to appear on the bookshelves of many such trainees ... ." (Forensicmed, August, 2010)

From the reviews:

"The book starts in a very basic manner, describing the basics of the curriculum of medical school and the basics of pathology. ... provides its audience something which they normally not get in other forensic pathology books. ... dealt with adequately with good illustrations using proper photographs. ... a welcome addition to the long list of books on forensic pathology, especially for the audience for which it specially caters too, as for them, it is probably the best book of forensic pathology." (Puneet Setia and Avneesh Gupta, Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Vol. 12 (1), January-June, 2011)

"This is a nice book for those who are getting to grips with giving evidence in inquests, where lay explanations can be very helpful to non-medical coroners, family members and jurors. ... palatable to the non-medic, be they police officers, legal professionals or interested medical secretaries. ... interest to histopathology trainees and indeed those embarking on new forensic training posts." (Amanda Jeffery, Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists, April, 2011)

"Prahlow is therefore to be congratulated in his remakably all-encompassing book, which is well-written for his target audience of the non-medically trained professional ... . Anyone involved even at the periphery of a death investigation will find much of interest in the title, and I have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending it to them. ... a valuable resource for forensic pathology trainees starting out in their careers, and I suspect that this will start to appear on the bookshelves of many such trainees ... ." (Forensicmed, August, 2010)