Hidden Histories of the Dead Disputed Bodies in Modern British Medical Research

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 2...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
Series:Social Sciences
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781108484091
9781108633154
Access:Open Access