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To confront death every day, to see it for yourself, you have to love the living

Judy Melinek

To confront death every day, to see it for yourself, you have to love the living

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About Judy Melinek

Judy Melinek (born 1969) is an American forensic pathologist and writer. She is a pathologist at the Wellington District Health Board and Chief Executive Officer of PathologyExpert Inc.