Specimens Lara-Rose Iredale - Anatomical Pathology Technologist
TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES DEATH, HUMAN REMAINS, SUICIDE, MISCARIRAGE, STILLBIRTH AND SELF-HARM.
Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.
In episode 006, Elle chats with Lara-Rose about becoming an APT, working for an NHS mortuary, her experience during the Covid-19 pandemic and her passion around the subject of maternal death.
Show Notes, IG Links and Further Reading
Lara's Instagram
www.instagram.com/deathbeforeduckface
Lara's Twitter
https://twitter.com/OnTheArrow
Alder Hay Scandal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder_Hey_organs_scandal
AAPT Website
Human Tissue Act
https://www.hta.gov.uk/policies/human-tissue-act-2004
'Stiff' - Mary Roach
https://www.waterstones.com/book/stiff/mary-roach/9780141007458
Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK
https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk
Further Reading
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidential_Enquiry_into_Maternal_Deaths_in_the_UK
Five X More
MBRRACE and the disproportionate number of BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) deaths - AIMS Scientific Journal
https://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/mbrrace-bame
Racial Bias in Pain Assessment - PNAS Scientific Journal
https://www.pnas.org/content/113/16/4296
Post-Mortem Cancer Study
https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/press-release/2016-05-13-post-mortem-cancer-study-goes-national
Cancer Research PEACE Study
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/cancer-research-peace-study
Lara/APT Job Profiles
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/case-studies/senior-anatomical-pathology-technologist-lara-rose-iredale
https://sciencecouncil.org/showcasing-science-life-of-an-apt/
Louis Theroux - 'Mothers on the Edge' Documentary
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00052dk
Elle Kaye IG
www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy
Artwork © 2020 Madison Erin Mayfield
http://madisonerinmayfield.com/
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Specimens Podcast
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Music
Harrison Amer - Giraffes via Premium Beat
Edited and Produced by Elle Kaye
Title/Concept © 2020 Elle Kaye