http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/11/body.farm.ap/index.html
The treatment of our dead, in this society, is an expensive and intricate ritual . . . donating one's corpse to science seems a viable alternative.
Could you "DO" this??? with your own body, or of one you luv?
2007-05-11 01:49:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I did know about the body farm... absolutely fascinating. While I probably wouldn't donate my body or my hubby's, I'm more than happy to donate any usable organ to medical science. If there is some part of me that can be used to better someone else's life... go for it! I sure won't be using it! :)
We actually donated both of our babies bodies to science... the first for study (major genetic disorder that contributed to her death) and the second for stem cell and tissue harvesting. At least something good possibly came from our losses!
2007-05-11 01:58:42 · answer #1 · answered by usafbrat64 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am donating my organs and then I will be cremated. Why spend lots of money on a plot, coffin, headstone, and all the things that go along with it? The body is just the vessel for the soul and I don't see any reason to waste the money on keeping the body 'safe' in the ground when it is no longer of use to me.
2007-05-11 09:14:31 · answer #2 · answered by becca7396 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
WOW! Okay...whilst I can see the scientific side and the need to find answers, I personally could never do this...not to my own body (I intend to be cremated, just another precautionary action on my part, ha!) and there's no way I could allow this to happen to a loved one.
Just my view.
2007-05-11 08:59:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's gross. I have my driver's licence marked as an organ doner but that is as far as it gets for me & my family members.
2007-05-11 09:20:21 · answer #4 · answered by Kaliko 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I could and may. Like wise if my loved one wished it.
2007-05-11 09:00:43 · answer #5 · answered by father of 4 husband of 1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't like the idea of being thrown into the ground. i'd either donate myself or be creamated and scattered somewhere.
2007-05-11 08:53:42 · answer #6 · answered by paha4u 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sure for science and helping cure others it is fine.
2007-05-11 08:52:33 · answer #7 · answered by carndog64 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
why give them a salary and an example so they can do a better job ?
2007-05-11 09:04:41 · answer #8 · answered by kimht 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
EVERYONES OPINIONS ARE DIFFERENT AND IF PEOPLE SEE IT AS A GOOD IDEA AND IT CAN HELP, THEN WHY NOT IT MAY NOT BE EVERYONES CUPPA TEA, ITS NOT LIKE ITS HARMING ANYONE.
2007-05-11 08:55:24 · answer #9 · answered by dragontears 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No not me
2007-05-11 08:52:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋