Problem
Undignified treatment of corpses
Other Names:
Insensitive disposal of aborted foetuses and miscarried babies Incidence:
At least one-fifth of UK hospitals and pathology laboratories incinerated babies born before 28 weeks of pregnancy with hospital waste. After 28 weeks, a baby is classified as stillborn and has to be registered and buried or cremated, either by the parents or the hospital, although this does not preclude its disposal along with surgical and other biological hospital waste.Uncircumcised Jewish corpses have been circumcised after death, both with and without family consent and despite the fact that the man may have refused circumcision while alive.
Broader Problems:
Desacralization of lifeFailure to repatriate human remains Narrower Problems:
Lack of funerals for dead foetuses Aggravates:
Denial of rites to the dead Strategies:
Reducing expense of dyingTreating corpsesDisposing of aborted foetuses and miscarried babies Subject(s):
Biosciences → GrowthSociety → Infants
Societal Problems → Waste
Societal Problems → Disposal of bodies
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
01.01.2000 – 00:00 CET