Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Body of work: meditations on mortality from the human anatomy lab



Author: Montross, Christine

Title: Body of work: meditations on mortality from the human anatomy lab

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2008

Description: 295 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: QM 28 M66 2008

Bibliography: p. 293-295

Content(s): Preface: mystery -- Bone box -- First cut -- Breath and blood -- Anatomical precedence -- Origins of a corpse -- In pursuit of wonder -- The bodies of strangers -- Toll -- The discomfort of doctoring -- An unsteady balance -- Pelvis -- Dismantled -- Epilogue: good-bye

Note(s): "A revelatory memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and the first-year medical student who cut her open"--P. [4] of cover

Subject(s):
  • Montross, Christine
  • Medical students -- Anecdotes
  • Women medical students -- Anecdotes
  • Dead -- Anecdotes
  • Mortality -- Anecdotes
  • Human anatomy -- Anecdotes
  • Human dissection -- Anecdotes
Review(s):
  • Ross, Callum F. "BODY OF WORK: MEDITATIONS ON MORTALITY FROM THE HUMAN ANATOMY LAB." Quarterly Review of Biology 83, no. 3 (September 2008): 326
  • Raizman, Noah. "Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab." Lancet 370, no. 9600 (November 17, 2007): 1682
  • "BODY OF WORK: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab." Science News 172, no. 4 (July 28, 2007): 63
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