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After we die : the life and times of the human cadaver
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After we die : the life and times of the human cadaver / Norman L. Cantor.
ISBN
9781589016958 (hard. : alk. paper)
1589016955 (hard. : alk. paper)
Published
Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2010.
Physical Description
x, 372 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 19, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
When does a person become a corpse?
The human nature of a cadaver
The legal status of the postliving : do corpses have rights?
Decomposition of the body and efforts to slow its disintegration
Final disposal of human remains
Eternal preservation of the deceased : literally and figuratively
The cadaver as supplier of used body parts
The cadaver as teacher, research subject, or forensic witness
The cadaver as parent
Body snatching, then and now
Desecration of human remains
Public display and the dignity of human remains
Don't neglect the fate of your remains.
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