Posthumous interests : legal and ethical perspectives - Sperling, Daniel, 1974- (Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008)
Posthumous harm, posthumous interests and symbolic existence -- Posthumous rights -- Propietary interest in the body of the deceased -- Determining the disposal of one's body after death -- Medical confidentiality after death.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-264) and index.
Keywords: Dead bodies (Law).; Interest (Ownership rights).; Human body -- Law and legislation; Autopsy -- Law and legislation; Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Law and legislation; Human body -- Moral and ethical aspects; Privacy, Right of; Wills