After We Die

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9781589016958

The Life and Times of the Human Cadaver

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By Norman L. Cantor
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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS
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HARDBACK
Dimensions:
229 x 152 mm
Weight:
750 g
Pages:
384

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Introduction Part I: Status and Rights of the Cadaver 1. When Does a Person Become a Corpse? 2. The Human Nature of a Cadaver 3. The Legal Status of the Postliving: Do Corpses Have Rights? Part II: Disposition of Human Remains 4. Decomposition of the Body and Efforts to Slow Its Disintegration 5. Final Disposal of Human Remains 6. Eternal Preservation of the Deceased: Literally and Figuratively Part III: The Multiple Roles of a Cadaver 7. The Cadaver as Supplier of Used Body Parts 8. The Cadaver as Teacher, Research Subject, or Forensic Witness 9. The Cadaver as Parent Part IV: Abuses of the Cadaver: What Does Decency Demand? 10. Body Snatching, Then and Now 11. Desecration of Human Remains 12. Public Display and the Dignity of Human Remains 13. Don't Neglect the Fate of Your Remains Notes Bibliography List of Cases Index

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