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- 2005054278 abstract "Every year some 30% of American corpses are cremated. And as journalist Annie Cheney discovered, no one keeps track of them before they reach their final destination. While the government has tight controls on organs and tissue meant for transplantation, there are other uses for cadavers that receive no oversight whatsoever: parts are used in commercial seminars to introduce new medical gadgetry; torsos are used for surgery practice; bodies are bought by the Army for land-mine tests. A single corpse can generate up to $100,000. Dead bodies, it turns out, are a billion-dollar business. And when there's that much money to be made without regulation, there are all sorts of shady characters employing questionable practices. Body parts are shipped via FedEx or driven cross-country packed in coolers, and the deceased's families are usually entirely unaware. This book will make you look at death in a whole new way.--From publisher description.".
- 2005054278 contributor B10165986.
- 2005054278 created "c2006.".
- 2005054278 date "2006".
- 2005054278 date "c2006.".
- 2005054278 dateCopyrighted "c2006.".
- 2005054278 description "Every year some 30% of American corpses are cremated. And as journalist Annie Cheney discovered, no one keeps track of them before they reach their final destination. While the government has tight controls on organs and tissue meant for transplantation, there are other uses for cadavers that receive no oversight whatsoever: parts are used in commercial seminars to introduce new medical gadgetry; torsos are used for surgery practice; bodies are bought by the Army for land-mine tests. A single corpse can generate up to $100,000. Dead bodies, it turns out, are a billion-dollar business. And when there's that much money to be made without regulation, there are all sorts of shady characters employing questionable practices. Body parts are shipped via FedEx or driven cross-country packed in coolers, and the deceased's families are usually entirely unaware. This book will make you look at death in a whole new way.--From publisher description.".
- 2005054278 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-205).".
- 2005054278 extent "xiv, 205 p. ;".
- 2005054278 identifier "0767917332 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- 2005054278 identifier "9780767917339 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- 2005054278 identifier 2005054278-b.html.
- 2005054278 identifier 2005054278-d.html.
- 2005054278 identifier 2005054278-s.html.
- 2005054278 issued "2006".
- 2005054278 issued "c2006.".
- 2005054278 language "eng".
- 2005054278 publisher "New York : Broadway Books,".
- 2005054278 subject "617.9/54 22".
- 2005054278 subject "Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. Moral and ethical aspects.".
- 2005054278 subject "Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.".
- 2005054278 subject "RD129.5 .C4554 2006".
- 2005054278 subject "Tissue and Organ Procurement ethics Popular Works.".
- 2005054278 subject "WO 690 C518b 2006".
- 2005054278 title "Body brokers : inside America's underground trade in human remains / Annie Cheney.".
- 2005054278 type "text".