Hidden histories of the dead disputed bodies in modern British medical research Elizabeth T. Hurren

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurren, Elizabeth T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead--Moral and ethical aspects.

Dead.

Medicine--Research--Moral and ethical aspects--Great Britain.

Medicine.

Human dissection--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Human dissection.

Non-heart-beating organ donation--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Non-heart-beating organ donation.

Dead bodies (Law)--Great Britain.

Dead bodies (Law).

Medicine--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021

Summary:

"Preface A Consignment for the Cul-de-Sac of History? At the heart of modern conceptions of biomedicine sits a core narrative of 'progress', one in which profound scientific breakthroughs from the nineteenth century onwards have cumulatively and fundamentally transformed the individual life course for many patients in the global community. Whilst there remain healthcare inequalities around the world, science has endeavoured to make medical breakthroughs for everybody. Thus for many commentators it has been vital to focus on the ends - the preservation or extension of life and the reduction of human suffering emerging out of new therapeutic regimes - and to accept that the accumulation of past practice cannot be judged against the yardstick of the most modern ethical values. Indeed, scientists, doctors and others in the medical field have consistently tried hard to follow ethical practices even when the law was loose or unfocussed and public opinion was supportive of an ends rather than means approach. Unsystematic instances of poor practice in research and clinical engagement thus had (and have) less contemporary meaning than larger systemic questions of social and political inequalities for the living, related abuses of power by states and corporate entities in the global economy, and the suffering wrought by cancer, degenerative conditions and antibiotic resistant diseases. Perhaps unsurprisingly given how many patients were healed, there has been a tendency in recent laboratory studies of the history of forensic science, pathology and transplant surgery, to clean up, smooth over, and thus harmonise the medical past"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Ethical Note

Part I Relocating the Dead-End

Introduction: 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'

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Other Format:

Print version Hurren, Elizabeth T. Hidden histories of the dead

ISBN:

9781108633154

1108633153

9781108620109

1108620108

OCLC:

1240519270

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