Not sure of the other schools, but Tufts does have a memorial service at the end of the academic year in which families/friends/next of kin of individuals who donated their bodies are invited. Doctors and medical students also attend.
The potter's field at Fairview is both beautiful and somber. The few graves with flowers, or a statue, or that are decorated with paint are almost sadder than the many that are marked only with a plot number.
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Are there annual memorial services for Donors of their remains?
Are there annual memorial services for Donors of their remains?... to
https://hms.harvard.edu/departments/medical-education/anatomical-gift-pr...
http://medicine.tufts.edu/Education/Tufts-Anatomical-Gift-Program
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/anatneuro/anatomical-gifts/
http://www.umassmed.edu/anatomicalgiftprogram/
Not sure of the other schools
Not sure of the other schools, but Tufts does have a memorial service at the end of the academic year in which families/friends/next of kin of individuals who donated their bodies are invited. Doctors and medical students also attend.
http://medicine.tufts.edu/Education/Tufts-Anatomical-Gift-Program/Annual-Memorial-Service
Caleb Daniloff, Kalman Zabarsky. Parting Gifts
Caleb Daniloff, Kalman Zabarsky
Parting Gifts
http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/fall09/parting-gifts/
Duty to the dead
Well done.
A friendly Catholic reminder to have lots of kids
so you don't die alone...and to stem falling church attendance.
gross
gross
You are likely saying this in
You are likely saying this in jest. But as a infertile person who cannot adopt due to health problems, this is the greatest fear of my life.
It's nice to know that someone does this kind deed
The potter's field at
The potter's field at Fairview is both beautiful and somber. The few graves with flowers, or a statue, or that are decorated with paint are almost sadder than the many that are marked only with a plot number.
How beautiful
And I just don't have the words to go on. Just a beautiful tribute....
Bone marrow, organ donation, tissue donation, cornea donation...
Blood, Bone marrow, organ donation, tissue donation, cornea donation... Who are qualified to donate? Who are not qualified to donate?
http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/TissueTissueProducts/default.htm