After we die : the life and times of the human cadaver / / Norman L. Cantor.
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | x, 372 p. |
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Table of 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.