The University of North Texas Health Science Center built a flourishing business using hundreds of unclaimed corpses. It suspended the program after NBC News exposed failures to treat the dead and their families with respect.
Who’s getting the money paid for these cadaver parts? Clearly, a big part of the problem is perverse incentives; the money should be going to the estates of the deceased, never the medical facility.
Who’s getting the money paid for these cadaver parts? Clearly, a big part of the problem is perverse incentives; the money should be going to the estates of the deceased, never the medical facility.