| Description |
xi, 296 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Medical law and ethics |
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Medical law and ethics.
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| Contents |
The dead body -- The dissected body -- The abused body -- The plastinated body -- The transplanted body -- The indigenous body -- The developing body -- The thinking body -- The modified body |
| Summary |
"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 |
Previous ed.: 2000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Dead -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Dead -- Social aspects.
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Human body (Philosophy)
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Human experimentation in medicine -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Medical ethics.
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Human dissection -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Cadaver.
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Human Experimentation -- ethics.
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Death.
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Human Body.
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| Author |
Whitaker, Maja I.
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| LC no. |
2008040010 |
| ISBN |
9780754674528 hardback |
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0754674525 hardback |
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