Speaking for the Dead: Cadavers in Biology and Medicine

Jones (anatomy, U. of Otago, New Zealand) explores clinical, medical, ethical, and legal issues related to the use of human cadavers in scientific research. Following a somewhat philosophical discussion of the cadaver as "images of ourselves", chapters cover the history and ethics of dissection, the teaching and research uses of the dead human body, the controversies involved in using human skeletal remains for anthropological research, and the transplantation of both animal and human tissue and organs to save human lives.D. Gareth Jones is the author of 'Speaking for the Dead: Cadavers in Biology and Medicine', published 2000 under ISBN 9780754620730 and ISBN 0754620735.