After we die : the life and times of the human cadaver / Norman L. Cantor.
2010
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Title
After we die : the life and times of the human cadaver / Norman L. Cantor.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Call Number
K564.H8 C36 2010
ISBN
9781589016958 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1589016955 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1589016955 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description
x, 372 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)587130527
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-350) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
1
pt. I
Status and Rights of the Cadaver
ch. 1
When Does a Person Become a Corpse?
11
Recognizing the Permanent Cessation of Breathing
12
An Alternative to Heart Stoppage as the Definition of Death
17
Does Cessation of Heartbeat Have to Be Irreversible?
24
ch. 2
The Human Nature of a Cadaver
28
Appearance and Identity
30
Sentience and Feelings of the Corpse
32
The Quasi-Human Spiritual Connections of Human Remains
34
Preoccupation with the Decedent's Image and Identity
39
The Benefits of Having a Quasi-Human Nature
43
ch. 3
The Legal Status of the Postliving: Do Corpses Have Rights?
45
On Resolving the Corpse's Fate
45
Is a Corpse Property?
47
Prospective Autonomy Rights
49
Premortem Planning
54
Public Policy Limitations on Prospective Autonomy
57
Whose Autonomy Rights Are They?
59
Control of a Directionless Cadaver
60
Legal Protections for the Cadaver
63
Can a Cadaver Really Have Rights?
68
pt. II
Disposition of Human Remains
ch. 4
Decomposition of the Body and Efforts to Slow Its Disintegration
75
Natural Deterioration
76
Without Embalming, How Soon Is a Cadaver Rotten?
79
Embalming as a Means of Preservation
82
Process and Results of Embalming
85
Duration of Preservation
87
ch. 5
Final Disposal of Human Remains
91
Burial
92
Locus of Burial
93
The Social Hierarchy of Disposal
95
Green Burials
102
The Seawater Solution
103
Cremation
105
Disposing of the Ashes
112
ch. 6
Eternal Preservation of the Deceased: Literally and Figuratively
119
Mummification
123
Plastination
127
Cryonics
130
Commemoration of the Deceased
134
pt. III
The Multiple Roles of a Cadaver
ch. 7
The Cadaver as Supplier of Used Body Parts
143
Authority to Retrieve Cadaveric Organs---Informed Consent
144
The Current Shortfall in Transplant Organs
149
Organ Removal after Pronouncement of Death by Cardiac Criteria
151
Buying Organs for Transplant
159
Routine Retrieval of Cadaveric Organs
163
Constitutionality of Government Expropriation of Cadaver Tissue for Transplant
166
A No-Brainer: Presumed Consent to Be a Tissue Supplier
171
ch. 8
The Cadaver as Teacher, Research Subject, or Forensic Witness
177
Teaching Medicine by Dissection of Cadavers
177
Autopsy and Medical Knowledge
183
The Neomort as Practice Tool
193
The Cadaver as Witness
198
Safety Research and the Sturdiness of a Cadaver
206
ch. 9
The Cadaver as Parent
211
Using Prefrozen Sperm for Posthumous Procreation
214
Extracting Sperm from a Cadaver
219
The Female Cadaver as Gestator of a Fetus
225
Postmortem Parenthood via a Frozen Embryo
230
pt. IV
Abuses of the Cadaver: What Does Decency Demand?
ch. 10
Body Snatching, Then and Now
239
The Offensiveness of Disturbing Human Remains
239
The Legal Response to Body Disturbance
240
The Cadaver Shortage That Triggered Grave Robbing
242
The Methodology of Body Snatching (and the Defenses)
243
The Participants in Body Snatching
246
Public Distaste
248
The End of Grave Robbing
249
Modern Body Parts Snatching
250
ch. 11
Desecration of Human Remains
254
Disrespectful Neglect
254
Mutilation of a Corpse
256
The Variables of Postmortem Human Indignity
258
Justifications for Ostensible Mistreatment
261
Motives and Messages of the Mishandlers of Cadavers
263
The Decedent's Desires as a Determinant of Respectful Treatment
267
Intrinsic Indignity as a Limit on Unconventional Personal Choice
270
ch. 12
Public Display and the Dignity of Human Remains
276
The Multiple Contexts of Cadaver Exposure
279
Body Worlds and Postmortem Human Dignity
284
The Art and Craft of Body Display
287
Disturbance to and Display of Ancient Remains
290
ch. 13
Don't Neglect the Fate of Your Remains
295
Corpses Are a Lot Like You and Me, Only Different
295
The Importance of Planning
297
Options for Enhancing Your Legacy
298
On the Limits Posed by Good Taste
300
Notes
303
Bibliography
333
List of Cases
351
Index
355