Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
By: Richard Shepherd
4.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secre…
Want to Read $ 9.49"Although it is my job to be certain, I was unable that day, and am still unable, to escape a greater certainty: that there are always other possibilities."-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
"Truth is based upon knowledge. So, of course, it can be compromised by incomplete knowledge. As a doctor I sought truth through facts. As a pathologist I was now learning that truth could be directly affected by choices I made, by how many facts I chose to study. It was the first step in what was to become a lifelong examination of the nature of truth."-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
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By: Adam Kay
4.40
Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition
Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami… read more
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2. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
By: Henry Marsh
3.69
Format: 192 pages,
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3. Past Mortems: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors
By: Carla Valentine
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4. Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table
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4.21
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
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5. Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue
By: Peter Everett
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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6. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
By: Adam Kay
4.12
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
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7. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients
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3.91
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
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8. Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases
By: Ray Fysh
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Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
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9. The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken
By: The Secret Barrister
3.90
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
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4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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11. Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
By: Richard Shepherd
4.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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"Truth is based upon knowledge. So, of course, it can be compromised by incomplete knowledge. As a doctor I sought truth through facts. As a pathologist I was now learning that truth could be directly…"-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
12. A Bit of a Stretch
By: Chris Atkins
4.21
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
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13. All That Remains: A Life in Death
By: Sue Black
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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14. War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line
By: David Nott
4.54
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
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15. What We Fear Most: Reflections on a Life in Forensic Psychiatry
By: Ben Cave
4.26
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
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Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
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Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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19. The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story
By: Christie Watson
4.12
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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20. Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
By: Sue Black
4.31
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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By: Amanda Brown
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
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