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Past Mortems - Life and death behind mortuary doors (Paperback) Loot Price: R258
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Past Mortems - Life and death behind mortuary doors (Paperback): Carla Valentine

Past Mortems - Life and death behind mortuary doors (Paperback)

Carla Valentine

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A day in the life of Carla Valentine - curator, pathology technician and 'death professional' - is not your average day. She spent ten years training and working as an Anatomical Pathology Technologist: where the mortuary slab was her desk, and that day's corpses her task list. Past Mortems tells Carla's stories of those years, as well as investigating the body alongside our attitudes towards death - shedding light on what the living can learn from dead and the toll the work can take on the living souls who carry it out. Fascinating and insightful, Past Mortems reveals the truth about what happens when the mortuary doors swing shut or the lid of the coffin closes ...

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Imprint: Sphere
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2018
First published: 2017
Authors: Carla Valentine
Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 978-0-7515-6534-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Mortuary practice
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 0-7515-6534-2
Barcode: 9780751565348

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