Posthumous interests : legal and ethical perspectives / Daniel Sperling.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

xxix, 273 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-264) and index.

Posthumous harm, posthumous interests and symbolic existence -- Posthumous rights -- Propietary interest in the body of the deceased -- Determining the disposal of one's body after death -- Medical confidentiality after death.