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

Georgetown University Press, c2010

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-350) and index

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  • 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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