After we die the life and times of the human cadaver /

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Autor principal: Cantor, Norman L.
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Recurso Eletrônico livro eletrônico
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2010.
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Sumário:
  • When does a person become a corpse?
  • The human nature of the corpse
  • The legal status of the post living : 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
  • Corpses are a lot like you and me, only different.