Review
From the book
jacket: Every year human corpses
meant for anatomy classes, burial, or
cremation find their way into the hands
of a shadowy group of entrepreneurs who
profit by buying and selling human
remains. While the government has
controls on organs and tissue meant for
transplantation, these "body brokers"
capitalize on the myriad other uses for
dead bodies that receive no federal
oversight whatsoever: commercial
seminars to introduce new medical
gadgetry; medical research studies and
training courses; and U.S. Army
land-mine explosion tests. A single
corpse used for these purposes can
generate up to $10,000.
As journalist Annie Cheney found...
Beyond the Book
I have carried a
donor card for
more than
20-years and
plan to always
do so - but, I
have to say that
Body Brokers
has given me
pause for
thought. I
anticipated that
if my body was
no longer needed
by me that it
could be of help
to other people,
but now that it
looks like I
could simply be
handing it over
to be sold to
the highest
bidder I feel
like I'd like...
