Posthumous interests : legal and ethical perspectives / Daniel Sperling.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics.
Main Author: Sperling, Daniel, 1974-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Series:Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics.
Subjects:
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.
Physical Description:xxix, 273 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Posthumous harm, posthumous interests and symbolic existence
  • Posthumous rights
  • Propietary interest in the body of the deceased
  • Determining the disposal of one's body after death
  • Medical confidentiality after death.