Posthumous interests : legal and ethical perspectives /
Daniel Sperling.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- xxix, 273 p. ;
- Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics .
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.
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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.