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Permalink Reply by Nelson on March 14, 2011 at 10:32am

yep. body goes to science and when they're done whatever's left over goes into the fire. my ashes will get spread, someplace nice i'm sure; i'll leave that up to my family. i'll be a help if i can to science and then i'll return to the Earth's chemical cycle. 

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Permalink Reply by Sophie on March 15, 2011 at 1:32pm

I think i might have to do the same Nelson.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Rowles on March 14, 2011 at 11:20am

Thank you for asking this question in a public forum.  It isn’t something that is always easy to think about.  In the United States there are a few different options for end-of-life options, including whole body donation for medical research and education.  I actually work for a whole body donation program, Science Care (www.sciencecare.com). Being in this industry, I can tell you that donation is an absolutely amazing gift and we are so grateful for the people who donate so generously.

 

One thing I will caution folks about is to make sure and do your research about whole body donation programs. We recommend only signing up with a program that holds to the highest quality and safety standards and, at the least, has been accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB). Science Care was the very first whole body donation program in the United States to become accredited with the AATB.  You can see the full list of accredited non-transplant tissue banks on their website: www.aatb.org.

 

Full disclaimer: I work for Science Care, the country's first accredited whole body donor program. www.sciencecare.com

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Permalink Reply by Tammi L Coles on March 16, 2011 at 2:47am

Thumbs up! Loved that book!

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Permalink Reply by M on March 14, 2011 at 12:33pm

I'd like to donate my body to science.  Maybe even to my current college for their cadaver dissection class.  I'd also like to donate my organs/tissues, if possible.  The rest will be burned.  I don't believe in my dead body taking up unnecessary (and needed for the living) space.  My husband wants to be buried, purely for egotistical reasons.  He wants people to come visit "him" and put things on his grave.  I continue to try to talk him out of this.  I tell him that I'm going to skin him and tan him (he has put a lot of money into some nice tattoos) and display him in the living room for the grandkids. 

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Permalink Reply by greengeekgirl on March 14, 2011 at 2:49pm

*shudder* well, that has put me off of leather forever now ;)

I'm trying to talk my husband into organ donation, but he's squeamish about it.

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Permalink Reply by Tammi L Coles on March 16, 2011 at 2:48am

The grandkids will always remember you for your ... thoughtfulness. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Bryan B on March 14, 2011 at 1:45pm

It will go to science and organ donation. If they master some kind of suspension I would opt for that until I can be brought back into vitality, Although I am not confident it will happen in my lifetime.

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Permalink Reply by Tammi L Coles on March 16, 2011 at 2:49am

One lifetime is not enough for you?

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Permalink Reply by idcollapse Ra on March 14, 2011 at 2:39pm

I  would say cremated , but I know that i wil be buried since it is the only option here ...

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Permalink Reply by greengeekgirl on March 14, 2011 at 2:48pm

I've checked the box to donate my organs and I've told my husband that I would like to be cremated.  Ideally, I'd like my ashes to be spread in Mexico, but as I live, that may change ;)

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Permalink Reply by Kris Feenstra on March 14, 2011 at 2:52pm

I just want to throw out a couple of words for consideration, because I feel this conversation would be incomplete without them.  Soylent Green.

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