Elizabeth T. Hurren (University of Leicester)

Hidden Histories of the Dead

Disputed Bodies in Modern British Medical Research

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Produktbeschreibung

This discipline-redefining study of secretive British medical research cultures after World War Two retraces the harvesting and recycling of bodies and body-parts for tissue culture and pathology labs, transplantation surgery facilities, brain banks, and dissection teaching spaces between 1945 and 2000. This title is also available as Open Access.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781108735537
• ISBN-10: 1108735533
• Artikelnr.: 66161833

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth T. Hurren is Professor of History at the University of Leicester.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Relocating the Dead-End: A Consignment for the Cul-de-Sac of History?: 1. Disputed bodies and their hidden histories
2. Res Nullius ¿ nobody's thing
3. The ministry of offal
Part II. Disputing Deadlines: 4. Implicit disputes: mapping systems of implied consent
5. Explicit disputes: 'the balance of probability' in coronial cases
6. Missed disputes: brainstorming neuroscience
Part III. Death-Sentences Delayed: 7. Conclusion: flesh is a dead format? Remapping the 'human atlas'.