Speaking for the dead
Subtitle: the human body in biology and medicine
By: by D. Gareth Jones and Maja I. Whitaker.
Contributors: Whitaker, Maja I.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Medical law and ethics
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780754674528
Subjects: Human dissection -- Moral and ethical aspects; Human experimentation in medicine -- Moral and ethical aspects; Cadaver; Human Experimentation -- ethics; Death; Human Body
Description: "Speaking for the Dead is an incisive examination of the highly topical and often controversial issues surrounding the use of human cadavers in scientific research. Fully revised and updated to include recent developments in this area, this new edition incorporates the repeated organ scandals in the UK, body parts scandals in the United States, and the abuses of bodies in China. The book provides new material on neuroimaging, neuroethics and Alzheimer's disease and the major ethical issues they raise for society, in addition to discussing plastination in the form of BodyWorlds types of exhibitions." "As human anatomists and bioethicists, the authors offer a unique perspective on these issues, crossing the boundaries between clinical, medical, legal and ethical concerns. Their exploration of both historical and contemporary data results in a clear and comprehensive examination of issues at the forefront of bioethics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The dead body; title: The dissected body; title: The abused body; title: The plastinated body; title: The transplanted body; title: The indigenous body; title: The developing body; title: The thinking body; title: The modified body.