Your Last Doctor. What the Dead Teach the Living

Pathologists are often seen as cold-blooded individuals who make grim jokes while dissecting yet another corpse, and the pathology department is viewed as a dark crypt where a suffocating atmosphere reigns. However, upon opening the book Your Last Doctor, you will be amazed at how far the myths about this profession are from the truth. This is the story of a novice pathologist, Tatyana Khitrova, about the realities of working in a morgue, unusual cases from practice, and the difficulties she faced on her professional journey. The book includes the everyday life of the pathology department with its complex medical tasks and inevitable routine, as well as simple human stories, interesting medical facts, and, of course, humor, which is essential in this field. - Did you know that pathologists also work with living people and that without their conclusions, diagnosing serious diseases is impossible? - That a pathologist and a forensic expert are two different specialties, although they are constantly confused? - What happens to the body after death and where do the organs go after an autopsy? - Why can the deceased look nothing like their living self? Your Last Doctor will show you other facets of this unusual profession and help you learn more about how the human body is structured. A wonderful, very atmospheric book! It reminded me of my student years, put me behind a microscope, and warmly brought me back to the department of pathological anatomy, where I first had the chance to attend an autopsy. — KARINA RYTOVA, doctor, forensic expert, author of the blog @CORONER_RYTOVA