| [NT 42944] Record Type: |
[NT 8598] Electronic resources
: [NT 40817] monographic
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| [NT 47348] Title Information: |
the life and times of the human cadaver |
| [NT 47261] Author: |
CantorNorman L, |
| [NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| [NT 47351] Place of Publication: |
Washington, D.C. |
| [NT 47263] Published: |
Georgetown University Press; |
| [NT 47352] Year of Publication: |
c2010 |
| [NT 47264] Description: |
1 online resource (x, 372 p.). |
| [NT 47266] Subject: |
Sacrilege - |
| [NT 47266] Subject: |
Offenses against the person - |
| [NT 47266] Subject: |
Burial laws - |
| [NT 47266] Subject: |
Dead - Legal status, laws, etc - |
| [NT 47266] Subject: |
Human body - Law and legislation - |
| [NT 47266] Subject: |
Dead bodies (Law) - |
| [NT 51458] Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781589017139/ |
| [NT 47265] Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-350) and index |
| [NT 51398] Summary: |
This volume chronicles not only a human corpse's physical state but also its legal and moral status, including what rights, if any, the corpse possesses. The author argues that a corpse maintains a "quasi-humanstatus" granting it certain protected rights-both legal and moral. Oneof a corpse'spurported rights is to have its predecessor's disposal choices upheld. This work reviews unconventional ways in which a person can extend a personal legacy via their corpse's role in medical education, scientific research, or tissue transplantation. The author outlinesthe limits that post-mortem "human dignity" poses upon disposal options, particularly the use of a cadaver or its parts in educational or artistic displays. Contemporary illustrations of these complex issues abound |
| [NT 50961] ISBN: |
9781589017139electronic bk. |
| [NT 50961] ISBN: |
1589017137electronic bk. |
| [NT 50961] ISBN: |
9781589016958hbk. |
| [NT 50961] ISBN: |
1589016955hbk. |
| [NT 60779] Content Note: |
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 -- Finaldisposal 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 -- Thecadaver as parent -- Body snatching, then and now -- Desecration of human remains -- Public display and the dignity of human remains -- Don'tneglect the fate of your remains |