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100 1  Cheney, Annie. 
245 10 Body brokers :|binside America's underground trade in 
       human remains /|cAnnie Cheney. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBroadway Books,|c[2006] 
264  4 |c©2006 
300    xiv, 205 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205). 
505 0  The main characters -- Human price list -- Introduction --
       1. Wilderness -- 2. An ideal situation -- 3. The "toolers"
       -- 4. "As soon as you die, you're mine" -- 5. The 
       resurrection men -- 6. "Brokered sounds dad, doesn't it?" 
       -- 7. The bone machine. 
520    Every year some 30% of American corpses are cremated. And 
       as journalist Annie Cheney discovered, no one keeps track 
       of them before they reach their final destination. While 
       the government has tight controls on organs and tissue 
       meant for transplantation, there are other uses for 
       cadavers that receive no oversight whatsoever: parts are 
       used in commercial seminars to introduce new medical 
       gadgetry; torsos are used for surgery practice; bodies are
       bought by the Army for land-mine tests. A single corpse 
       can generate up to $100,000. Dead bodies, it turns out, 
       are a billion-dollar business. And when there's that much 
       money to be made without regulation, there are all sorts 
       of shady characters employing questionable practices. Body
       parts are shipped via FedEx or driven cross-country packed
       in coolers, and the deceased's families are usually 
       entirely unaware. This book will make you look at death in
       a whole new way.--From publisher description. 
526 0  Accelerated Reader AR|bUG|c7.7|d8.0|z109937. 
650  0 Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. 
650  0 Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.|xMoral and ethical 
       aspects. 
650  2 Tissue and Organ Procurement|xethics|vPopular Works. 
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