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Death and Indignity. / Sydney P. Freedberg.

by Freedberg, Sydney P; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 8Human Relations. Publisher: St. Petersburg Times, 2001ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Bioethics | Dead | Donation of organs, tissues, etc | Medical wastes | Procurement of organs, tissues, etcDDC classification: 050 Summary: "George McKown's family donated his body for research, then buried what they thought were his ashes. Then his head and spine turn up in a Lakeland (Florida) trash plant. The case raises questions about the human body parts business, where the needs of science sometimes collide with basic human values." (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES) This article examines the unethical practices that often occur when people donate their bodies to science.
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Originally Published: Death and Indignity, April 8, 2001; pp. n.p..

"George McKown's family donated his body for research, then buried what they thought were his ashes. Then his head and spine turn up in a Lakeland (Florida) trash plant. The case raises questions about the human body parts business, where the needs of science sometimes collide with basic human values." (ST. PETERSBURG TIMES) This article examines the unethical practices that often occur when people donate their bodies to science.

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