Summary of Scott Carney's The Red Market

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 When Emily fell, she was weightless for a moment between the point where the upward momentum from her limbs was about to give way to gravity, and the point where her body would hit the ground. Her body was still hers, but her fate was sealed.
#2 I was asked to come to the hospital to identify the body of Emily, who had died of apparent suicide. Her home city of New Orleans was 85 miles away, and the first leg of the journey was across the parched and barren wastelands of rural India.
#3 In India, medical colleges are still operating on a feudal system, with the most mediocre doctors attracted to the job. The school where Emily died was established during colonial times when British bureaucrats ruled the land from beneath pith helmets.
#4 The reporters were here to cover the death of Emily, and they were not shy about asking questions or flashing their cameras at her body.

Sujets

• Colonisation
• Business Ethics
• Economics
• Business

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 03 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669399209
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Scott Carney's The Red Market
Contents Insights from Chapter 1
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

When Emily fell, she was weightless for a moment between the point where the upward momentum from her limbs was about to give way to gravity, and the point where her body would hit the ground. Her body was still hers, but her fate was sealed.

#2

I was asked to come to the hospital to identify the body of Emily, who had died of apparent suicide. Her home city of New Orleans was 85 miles away, and the first leg of the journey was across the parched and barren wastelands of rural India.

#3

In India, medical colleges are still operating on a feudal system, with the most mediocre doctors attracted to the job. The school where Emily died was established during colonial times when British bureaucrats ruled the land from beneath pith helmets.

#4

The reporters were here to cover the death of Emily, and they were not shy about asking questions or flashing their cameras at her body.

#5

I wait with the body as the doctors take it for an autopsy. The only difference between the vehicles is that the rear seats of the ambulance have been removed in favor of a gurney rack.

#6

The line between live and dead is extremely thin, and it is easy to forget about it when a person dies. The police must be extremely careful when dealing with a person’s physical presence after they have died.

#7

I had to take pictures of Emily’s corpse to send back to the United States for independent analysis. I was repulsed by the prospect of seeing her postautopsied body, but I had to do it to rule out poisoning.

#8

The final indignity of death is losing control over your body. When you stop breathing, your privacy evaporates and you become an object to be parceled and given out to whoever claims you.

#9

The Indian government has tried to stop the export of human remains, but it has been difficult because most bodies are given a quick burial or cremation in America. So most complete skeletons used for medical study come from India.

#10

Exports to North America are small compared to pre-ban levels, but that just means that it will cost more to obtain skeletons. suppliers have plenty of incentive to continue the business.

#11

Biswas had no problem finding dead bodies. He would drag the deceased from the flames as soon as the families left. He employed almost a dozen people to shepherd the bones through the various stages of defleshing and curing.

#12

In the 1800s, the American medical industry was expanding at a faster rate than the population. To meet the demand for bodies, body snatching became common.

#13