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Best sites for resources and background info…
Industry facts
The industry facts. Here
Industry facts. Here
Museum of Science & Industry (MoSI) web
The corpse show industry web
Ethics web
Robs the NHS of donations web
Museum of Science & Industry (MoSI) web
The Body Worlds brand web
UK law web
History of the Victorian corpse show web
How to market corpses web
Advice for parents web
Issues for Schools web
Von Hagens web
What the Church of England says web
Questions and answers web
Background
One of the best sites on the topic covering the history of anatomy, the debate around art and science, ethics, videos and opinions. Here
New York Times investigation. Here
Industry facts. Here
Excellent Independent article on shortages of bodies, current practice and the history of anatomy. Here
Washington Post and the issue of body sources. Here
Donate your body to Von Hagens document, with pictures of production lines. Here
Guardian education article. Here
Great interview with Von Hagen. Here
Wikipedia Here
Some exhibits are at best questionable and at worst distasteful. Here
BBC reports that "when pressed he admitted he had stopped using bodies from a mental institution in Siberia. Here
Campaign site against Body Worlds. Here
Church
Archbishop (US) says no
Archbishop (US) statement
Covington Bishop (US) says no
Disrespect to spiritual beings
The Rabbi says-don't go
Church of England
Diocese of Vancouver
Official bodies and Law
Human Tissue Authority (HTA). Here
The Human Tissue Act (2004). Here
Donate your body. Here
Donate organs. Here
Manchester University asks for donations. Here
HUMAN TISSUE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006: The 2006 Act is supplemented by a number of Regulations and Orders, Section 6A(1) of the Act prohibits a person from publicly displaying an anatomical specimen.
PDA guidance on exhibitions. Here
Code of Practice 1 Consent
Guidance on public display.
Summary of English law by the BBC. Here
The official Body worlds site. Here
Body worlds press office. Here
Bodies: the Exhibition website here
Premier website here
Body merchandise Here
Attitudes to death
Different faiths
Church of England position. Here
C of E House of Lords submission. Here
Opinions
ELAINE CATZ explains why she quit her job at the Carnegie Science Centre after it decided to hold a corpse show. Here
Supporter of the show and taking children. Here
Positive review, especially over the issues of health with some negatives about the 'artistic' arrangements. Here.
Corpse shows reduce donations
Dr Roger Serle of Newcastle University's medical school argued corpse show would reduce donations. Here
Department of Health article on why numbers dropping. Here
Times report on effect of shows. Here
Academic
Book about attitudes of people who attend exhibitions. Here
For Parents
A guide from America. Here
A detailed Q and A, including some fun facts. Here
Manchester MOSI school pack. Here
Advice for parents web
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