1st Edition
Speaking for the Dead Cadavers in Biology and Medicine
By D. Gareth Jones
Copyright 2000
290 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
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This was first published in 2000: This text explores issues surrounding the use of human cadavers and human tissues in science and medicine. This is an area of increasing significance in contemporary society, as more and more techniques become available for manipulating human genes and human material (including embryos, body organs and brain tissue). These issues are explored through case... Read more
1: Cadavers as Images of Ourselves; 2: History and Contemporary Ethos of Dissection; 3: Acceptable and Unacceptable Uses of Cadavers and Tissues; 4: Human Skeletal Remains: When Indigenous Concerns Conflict with Scientific Aspirations; 5: Organ and Tissue Transplantation: Further Uses of Cadavers; 6: Cadavers that May Not be Cadavers; 7: Uses of Human Embryos and Fetuses
Biography
D. Gareth Jones
