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Cook County Gives Unclaimed Dead Bodies a Two Week Notice (sort of…)

9, Oct 2011

Under Recent Policy, Cook County Begins Donating Unclaimed Bodies after 2 Weeks Cadavers that are left in morgue are given to medical research Becky Schlikerman, William Lee and Ronnie Reese, Chicago Tribune (October 04, 2011) Medical Examiner: Families Who Object to Body Donation Can Opt for Burial Becky Schlikerman, Chicago Tribune (October 05, 2011) There [...]

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  • In: Death + Crime|Death + the Economy|Death + the Law|Death Ethics
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The War On Death

23, Jul 2011

Death and Budgets David Brooks, New York Times (July 15, 2011) Much of the budget mess may stem from a deep cultural antipathy toward recognizing our own mortality. The Quagmire: How American Medicine is Destroying Itself Daniel Callahan and Sherwin B. Nuland, The New Republic (July 15, 2011) Since the American political system (read: mostly [...]

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  • In: Death + the Economy|Death + the Law|Death Ethics
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Terry Pratchett and Assisted Dying in England

18, Jun 2011

Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die BBC iPlayer (only available until 9:59PM Monday, June 20, 2011) Terry Pratchett’s BBC Documentary Reopens Debate on Assisted Dying Fantasy writer’s film shows final moments of a man with motor neurone disease at Dignitas clinic in Switzerland Esther Addley, The Guardian (June 07, 2011) Terry Pratchett Defends Choosing to Die [...]

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  • In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics|Grief + Mourning|Suicide
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The Kevorkian Generation

9, Jun 2011

Life After Kevorkian He fought for the right to assisted suicide. Now what should we do with it? William Saletan, Slate (June 3, 2011) I am a member of the Kevorkian generation. Those of us in our mid-to-late thirties and onwards into our forties are usually called Generation X (for those who still remember the [...]

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  • In: Death + Technology|Death + the Law|Death Ethics|Suicide
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On the Death of Osama Bin Laden

9, May 2011

Watery Grave, Murky Law Leor Halevi, New York Times (May 08, 2011) Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea and the history of Shariah. Bin Laden Exits the Scene On the Media, WNYC and National Public Radio (May 06, 2011) It has been one week since President Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden was dead. I [...]

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  • In: Burial|Death + Crime|Death + Popular Culture|Death + the Law|Death Ethics
  • Tags: anthropology, celebrity death, funeral homes, funerals, religion
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