Body brokers : inside America's underground trade in human remains / Annie Cheney.
2006
RD129.5 .C4554 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Body brokers : inside America's underground trade in human remains / Annie Cheney.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0767917332 (alk. paper)
Published
New York : Broadway Books, [2006]
Copyright
©2006
Language
English
Description
xiv, 205 pages ; 22 cm
Item Number
9780767917339
Call Number
RD129.5 .C4554 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
617.9/54
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-205).
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