Sentences with phrase «unclaimed bodies»

Gareth Jones questions the use of unclaimed bodies for medical science, and is a perfect example of why it has...

«The issue is that basically unclaimed bodies are being released without any sort of consideration of the person's possible religious or personal beliefs on whether or not they want to be used for such practices,» said Queens Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz, who sponsored the legislation with state Sen. Simcha Felder (D - Brooklyn).

A bill passed by the state Legislature and headed to Cuomo's desk requires written consent from a spouse or next of kin before NYC officials can release an unclaimed body to a medical school, unless the deceased is already registered as a body donor.

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Gareth Jones's emotive plea on behalf of unclaimed dead bodies (19 April, p 26) is completely unconvincing.Who cares about them?

So the law was changed so that, in the case of unidentified, unclaimed, indigent deceased who wound up the morgues, burial at public expense was no longer the default — instead, the approved practice was for such bodies to be donated to medical research.

Today most cadavers aren't bodies that were unclaimed; many schools have programs to which people can choose to donate their bodies for research and science.

Stop by any body shop and you are bound to find a damaged or repaired car sitting unclaimed.

Written by Kapil Mehta Her body lay unclaimed for 48 hours.