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Death in the 21st Century: What is Left Behind

This 2020 AAAS Annual Meeting session explored topics including sustainable burial practices; social and legal dimensions of a digital “afterlife;” and questions of long-term curation, access and use of genetic data, and other health information.

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    February 16, 2020

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The speakers’ aims were to develop socially and scientifically informed policies relating to these issues.

 

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