Advancing medical science through whole body donation to science

Donating a body to science after death requires only a phone call, some paperwork and a few minutes and a Life Quest Anatomical representative will assist you through it all. To donate a body to a medical school, a donor program or anatomical program, you do not need a will or a notary. You do however need to self consent and have your next of kin consent as well.

Additionally, a whole body donation to science requires a cremation authorization from the next of kin. Donating a body to science after death will help countless physicians gain an invaluable experience in surgical technique and enable researchers to advance instrumentation and techniques using medical cadavers to better the lives of us all. Whole body donations  today enable many things. But there are distinct variations on how a donation is utilized. When you donate a body to medical school, the donor typically supports the teaching of anatomy.

Whole body donation to science at Life Quest Anatomical is vastly different. When you donate your body to Life Quest Anatomical, a team of dedicated professionals match your medical history against the various medical research and medical education projects in the near future and assure your gift of humanity truly benefits medical science on a whole. Donating a body to science after death means your gift helps a physician learn skills he utilizes to heal many people and improve the quality of life for so many more.

Whole body donations are an integral part of advancing medical science. A whole body donation to science is a choice many are proud to make and share. Many families are choosing to donate their body just as many choose to be buried together. They are also sharing the message with their friends and extended family. No one can say how many donors it may take to find a cure for a disease. We feel that we can all contribute significantly by sharing the message of whole body donations. One day, somewhere, a bright mind will find something that leads to a cure for a disease that claims the lives of so many. And that person will have done so through learning from a whole body donation to science.

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