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Dead Center: Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office by Tom Shachtman, Shiya Ribowsky
2 reviews
ricottae's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Murder, Death, Medical content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
bookedrightmeow's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
• Kind of stunned that this book isn't more well-known. I was riveted every time I picked it up
• Covers the author's time as a New York medicolegal investigator, dispatched to everything from natural deaths to homicides
• Definitely not for the faint of heart. Never gets gratuitous but goes into a lot of medical details
• Shares an extensive history about the author's involvement in the 9/11 recovery efforts and years-long victim identification process
• Also delves into the author's upbringing in an Orthodox Jewish family and what led him to a career in medicine
• Written with the utmost respect and compassion for the victims he encountered, as well as for their families
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Grief
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