| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2005054278 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0767917332 (alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780767917339 (alk. paper) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)61879808 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
617.954 Che |
| Item number |
12 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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76827 |
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76827 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
617.954 Che |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Cheney, Annie. frey50 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Body brokers : |
| Remainder of title |
inside America's underground trade in human remains / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Annie Cheney. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Broadway Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiv, 205 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The main characters -- Human price list -- Introduction -- 1. Wilderness -- 2. An ideal situation -- 3. The "toolers" -- 4. "As soon as you die, you're mine" -- 5. The resurrection men -- 6. "Brokered sounds dad, doesn't it?" -- 7. The bone machine. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Every year some 30% of American corpses are cremated. And as journalist Annie Cheney discovered, no one keeps track of them before they reach their final destination. While the government has tight controls on organs and tissue meant for transplantation, there are other uses for cadavers that receive no oversight whatsoever: parts are used in commercial seminars to introduce new medical gadgetry; torsos are used for surgery practice; bodies are bought by the Army for land-mine tests. A single corpse can generate up to $100,000. Dead bodies, it turns out, are a billion-dollar business. And when there's that much money to be made without regulation, there are all sorts of shady characters employing questionable practices. Body parts are shipped via FedEx or driven cross-country packed in coolers, and the deceased's families are usually entirely unaware. This book will make you look at death in a whole new way.--From publisher description. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. |
| General subdivision |
Moral and ethical aspects. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Tissue and Organ Procurement |
| General subdivision |
ethics |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Tissue and Organ Procurement |
| General subdivision |
economics |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Tissue and Organ Procurement |
| General subdivision |
legislation & jurisprudence |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
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AJML |
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600 - 699 |
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617.954 Che |
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12 |