tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post1283703438295819511..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: Bodies: The ExhibitionChalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-18848028830428137052007-05-30T11:14:00.000-04:002007-05-30T11:14:00.000-04:00"My understanding is that unclaimed and unidentifi..."My understanding is that unclaimed and unidentified bodies are sometimes used by medical students in the US. Do you object to that?"<BR/><BR/>Yes. I believe in giving over a body for others' use after one's death only with consent and without coercive pressures. I don't even like several states' former law for default cornea removal (if you were not marked as an organ donor, the states still would take your corneas without even asking your family). If we are using a body simply because we don't know who once inhabited it, or because no one has stepped forward to care for it, that is morally problematic for me. To clarify what I consider coercion: I am <A HREF="http://bertrandrussell.blogspot.com/2002/11/kristof-totally-wrong-seeing-one-of.html" REL="nofollow">opposed</A> to paying people for their organs, but I am a registered organ donor myself and want to give my skeleton to be preserved for the science department at my high school. Uncoerced consent makes a huge difference in whether I find a use of a dead body to be acceptable.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-58085251808804608142007-05-29T09:54:00.000-04:002007-05-29T09:54:00.000-04:00(((the poor, the unclaimed or the unidentified")))...(((the poor, the unclaimed or the unidentified")))<BR/><BR/>My understanding is that unclaimed and unidentified bodies are sometimes used by medical students in the US. Do you object to that?<BR/><BR/>CCChalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-50885666645451565432007-05-29T09:40:00.000-04:002007-05-29T09:40:00.000-04:00I was interested in seeing the exhibit after readi...I was interested in seeing the exhibit after reading your post, but a Taiwanese friend who lives in Northern Virginia alerted me to the fact that the bodies are all from a Chinese university and that unlike Body Worlds, there hasn't been an authentication of informed consent from the prior inhabitants of the bodies on display. I am not comfortable with "<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/18/nyregion/18bodies.html?ex=1289970000&en=f721fa94533864b1&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss" REL="nofollow">the poor, the unclaimed or the unidentified</A>" being the bodies displayed for my edification.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-48753409784041028982007-05-20T22:09:00.000-04:002007-05-20T22:09:00.000-04:00Agreed!Agreed!Lilylouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328027965155428624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-9030162741389575632007-05-20T18:50:00.000-04:002007-05-20T18:50:00.000-04:00Best Phrase in the UU Blogosphere Today:"I confron...Best Phrase in the UU Blogosphere Today:<BR/><BR/>"I confronted a prostate."PeaceBanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431551457505981195noreply@blogger.com