Posthumous interests : legal and ethical perspectives

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Publication details:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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64100

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Cambridge law, medicine and ethics.

Subject:

Dead bodies (Law)

Interest (Ownership rights)

Human body -- Law and legislation.

Autopsy -- Law and legislation.

Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Law and legislation.

Human body -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Privacy, Right of.

Wills.

Contents:

1. Posthumous harm, posthumous interests and symbolic existence

2. Posthumous rights

3. Proprietary interest in the body of the deceased

4. Determining the disposal of one's body after death

5. Medical confidentiality after death.

Summary:

This book discusses the legal status of posthumous interests, and their possible defeat by actions performed following the death of a person.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780521877848

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Phys. description:

xxix, 273 p. ; 24 cm