ext_57877 ([identity profile] flannelcat.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] denny 2005-11-03 11:25 am (UTC)

No, I'm thinking that even if it WERE legal, CAN you assert consent postmortally?


The more I think about the things you can offer medical science in the way of using your corpse...

"if they have acquired different attributes by virtue of the application of skill, such as dissection or preservation techniques for exhibition or teaching purposes" , though... you may be able to with PART of a body, if it's been preserved.

Y'know, I'm not sure I even want to START thinking about this....

http://www.yourrights.org.uk/your-rights/chapters/rights-of-the-bereaved/the-rights-over-a-dead-body/index.shtml has some more stuff.

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