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

from shelleyraec

“Don't jaywalk. Wear your seat belt when you drive. Better yet, stay out of the car, and get some exercise. Watch your weight. If you're a smoker stop right now. If you aren't, don't start. Guns put holes in people. Drugs are bad. You know that yellow line on the subway platform? It's there for a...

from vanjr

This was an interesting look at forensic pathology that is layman friendly but pretty specific and accurate. I am a pediatric pathologist, a related but more hospital based subspecialty, so what I perceived and took away is probably different that most. As a fellow I did a rotation in the Dallas ...

from Staciele

For some reason, I am fascinated by medical memoirs. This one is kind of on the other end of medical...more in the morgue, but still an interesting look at the life of a medical examiner. Judy Melinek and her husband, T.J. Mitchell have chronicled her two years working as a New York City medical ...

from nyiper

Fascinating! Melinek and her husband, T.J. Mitchell, also write well which makes for an extremely descriptive memoir about an aspect of life so few people see---or, for that matter, would want to see---much easier to read about it. Melinek manages to be funny as well as completely honest about he...

from Carpe_Librum

* Copy courtesy of NetGalley* Judy Melinek, M.D spent two years working and training as a Forensic Pathologist at the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and Working Stiff is her memoir of this period in her career. Melinek takes us through many real cases, including: accidents, mu...