From Chris Skillern
Gareth Jones questions the use of unclaimed bodies for medical science, and is a perfect example of why it has become so difficult, and at times impossible, to get anything of any importance done (19 April, p 26).
One would have to look long and hard to find a more straightforward and sensible use of an unclaimed dead body, yet here we have an educated person who takes issue with this practice since, rather obviously, there has been no informed consent.
Look no further than this bit of nonsense to understand why consensus can rarely, if ever, be obtained regarding truly controversial issues.
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