- Overview
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This book is a guide to death with the keen eye and humanistic insight of a forensic scientist.
- Book Intro
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Death. No one can avoid it, yet it's always an unwelcome word.
Death is always unfamiliar, even to forensic doctors who encounter corpses every week.
What does death mean to a forensic doctor?
Professor Yoo Seongho, who has overseen 1,500 autopsies for 20 years, has researched many topics and issues related to death and autopsies. Based on such research, he gave a lecture called "The Scientific Understanding of Death," in Seoul National University. His insight into death brought an enthusiastic reaction from students.
This "Death Guide" informs us the true meaning of death through various hot issues such as suicide, brain death and euthanasia.
- About the Author
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Yoo Seongho
(English) Yoo Seongho, professor of medicine and forensic scientist, faces death every day. He studies various issues related to death, including personal death, the effects of death on society and perceptions of death. In this book, the author raises the value of life by suggesting different perspectives on death along with his extensive experience.
He has provided consulting on forensics in various TV shows and lectured on the topic of "Learning from the Dead." He currently writes columns on real-life incidents in the nonfiction section of Mysteria, or crime mystery quarterly.
