Speaking for the Dead: Cadavers in Biology and Medicine: Cadavers in Biology and Medicine

by D. Gareth Jones

Overview

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 studies from contemporary society. Some of the most topical issues examined include plastination of human bodies as an art form, the use of biopsies from surgical operations, the ethics of using human DNA and stem cells in research, and the debate surrounding the transplantation of animal tissue and organs into humans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138634442
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/21/2020
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	290
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

D.GARETHJONES Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand

Table of Contents

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