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By D. Gareth Jones and Maja I. Whitaker
2nd ed, 296 pp, $124.95
Farnham, UK, Ashgate Publishing, 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-7452-8

JAMA. 2009;302(9):1007-1008.

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The first edition of Speaking for the Dead: Cadavers in Biology and Medicine, by D. Gareth Jones, was published in 2000 and constituted a milestone in the anatomical literature. Here was someone who acknowledged the urgency of the ethical question surrounding the human body not only in life, but also in death; someone who formulated a complex of questions surrounding contemporary anatomical work and tried to answer them in a comprehensive fashion. Where do the bodies for dissection come from? Do they have an ethical significance? Do they have dignity? What can be done or not done with them? What has historically been done with them? In his first edition, Jones covered a wide area and suggested answers to many questions.

After 9 years, Jones and his new coauthor, Maja I. Whitaker, have undertaken a second edition. They saw the need to address new developments in the world of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Sabine Hildebrandt, MD, Reviewer
Division of Anatomical Sciences
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor
shilde@umich.edu

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