As a way to try and address the need for effective laws governing the handling and disposition of human remains that have been affected by Ebola, FIU Law Professor Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod, Dr. Aileen M. Marty, a professor at FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Nova Southeastern Law Professor Elena Marty-Nelson partnered together and authored the paper “The Intersection of Law, Religion, and Infectious Disease on the Handling and Disposition of Human Remains.” They will present their paper during the Annual Conference on Law, Religion, and Health in America at Harvard University May 8-9, 2015.
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