There's a new medical school starting up in Connecticut. I just heard an ad on NPR from it requesting body donations for the new students' Gross Anatomy lab. Let's for a minute take the viewpoint that this ad was a good idea: attentive audience of generally older people who are well-educated and probably lean towards philanthropy. The counter argument might be: hey, since this is quite likely the first time most listeners have heard of you, maybe establish yourself a bit before you go to the airwaves asking for people's corpses?
Just as I was having this debate in my head, the ad closed with "A great way to save on funeral costs."
How will they study the effectiveness of this ad? I'm guessing a form when you walk in:
How did you decide to donate your body to us? Check all that apply:
- Heard ad on radio
- Not feeling well, looking for final resting place
- Have always wanted to do this and saw building go up recently, thought I'd stop in
- Other:
Would it absolutely have to be MY body that I'd donate?
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