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Melinek was an assistant medical examiner in san francisco for nine years and today works as a forensic pathologist in oakland and as ceo of pathologyexpert inc. Two years, 262 bodies, and the making of a medical examiner by judy melinek, t. Though not a medical journal, working stiff is not dumbed down, nor is it softfocused. She trained at ucla in medicine and pathology, graduating in 1996. Working stiff chronicles judys 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 bioterrorism attack, and the disastrous crash of american airlines flight 587. Melinek hits the ground running in her new position examining victims of suicide. Melinek takes us through many real cases, including. We talked with the duo about how they work together, what makes medical examiners so. This book describes judy melineks twoyear ordeal as a new york city chief medical examiner.
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