The University of Liverpool contains one of 17 medical schools throughout the country which educate their students using donated bodies.
Years ago, a Channel 5 documentary told the story of two terminally ill people, Diana King and Mike Bowyer, who had arranged for their bodies to be donated to the University of Liverpool after they died. This week, the ECHO spoke to Claire Crumbleholme, who runs the body donation programme at the university, about the importance of body donation and why people chose to leave their physical being to science and education once they pass away.
Claire, from Liverpool, said "dignity and respect" are perhaps the most important tenets of her job. This doesn't just apply as she is making arrangements with the generous people (whom they refer to as "silent teachers") who chose to donate their bodies, but also in how the silent teachers are treated by students and staff in the name of research and education after the donation has been recieved.
