After we die
Subtitle: the life and times of the human cadaver
By: Norman L. Cantor
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781589016958
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: When does a person become a corpse?; title: The human nature of the corpse; title: The legal status of the post living : do corpses have rights?; title: Decomposition of the body and efforts to slow its disintegration; title: Final disposal of human remains; title: Eternal preservation of the deceased : literally and figuratively; title: The cadaver as supplier of used body parts; title: The cadaver as teacher, research subject, or forensic witness; title: The cadaver as parent; title: Body snatching, then and now; title: Desecration of human remains; title: Public display and the dignity of human remains; title: Corpses are a lot like you and me, only different.