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After we die [electronic resource] : the life and times of the human cadaver / Norman L. Cantor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2010.Description: x, 372 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 393 22
LOC classification:
  • K564.H8 C36 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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