When A Person Dies, Can The Body Be Donated To Science If There Is No Money For Burial?

Question

are there certain criteria that must be met?

Answer 1

If the person makes it known that they wish their body to be donated to science, it will be done.

Steps:
1. Preregister your donation with a local medical school or university. You'll be given a registration packet that covers policies and procedures; read it very carefully.

2. Sign a consent form stating your desire to donate your body, and put a copy of it with your will and other personal documents. You won't be listed as a donor until a completed form has been returned and acknowledged. Cancel your decision at any time by notifying the medical school or university in writing.

3. Arrange for the medical school or university to be notified when you die, so that your body can be properly transported and prepared. When your corpse is delivered to the medical institution, it will be embalmed and refrigerated until it's needed for study.

4. Check with the school to see what its policies and procedures are regarding your body after it has been studied. Most institutions will respectfully cremate your remains at their expense and give your ashes to your loved ones. Don't expect to get paid for your donation pre- or postmortem. By law, medical schools are not permitted to purchase anyone's body.

5. Contact the United Network for Organ Sharing (unos.org), a national group that oversees organ transplantation procedures in this country, for more information on donating your body.

6. Rest in peace? Perhaps not: Your spouse, adult children, siblings, parents and guardians can arrange to have your body donated after you die by filling out an after-death donor form. In the event that your body cannot be accepted, your family needs to make alternate plans for your disposal.

Answer 2

No, not just for money reasons. If you want your body donated to science, then you should arrange for that before you die and make sure that your family/survivors all know your wishes. You should have proper paperwork in place pre-death, but you might squeak by if your family knows that you want your body donated. Criteria would be discussed if you set up the donation pre-death.

If money's an issue, try cremation or a pauper's burial. It's not pretty, but it gets the job done.

Answer 3

I know someone that did this . They donated(well actually they sold) the body of their mother to Memphis State University. I think they only got like 500.00 dollars for the body. I don't know how they went about doing it. I know there was no money for the burial of this person and that the person themselves had suggested their daughter do this upon her death. I guess you would just have to contact the school and see what you could work out.

Answer 4

I imagine you can state in a will that you would want your body donated to science. If not and if it's accordance with the wishes of the deceased and the family members then I imagine you can donate the body to science.

Answer 5

When I went to the Body Works exhibit at the local musuem they had a whole bunch of forms the individual and family had to fill out in order for a body to be used on exhibit. They were filled out before the person died.

Answer 6

If it is the person's wish that their body be donated to science, then their wish is almost always granted. That's how I understand it.

Answer 7

Sure, you can donate it to science, or even donate it to the Body Farm, where forensic experiments will be done on it.

Answer 8

Not that I know of. Many colleges with medical departments will take the bodies, but the proper paperwork needs to be in place.

Answer 9

yes of course, but you must think about what you are subjecting your body to. you could be laid out to rest in an open field to see how long your body takes to rot. or chopped up on a college lab table.

Answer 10

Sure, just leave the corpse at the front door of your local university with a note that says, "I'm yours". lol...no really, I think you can donate as long as you let them know you are coming.