Burke and Hare murders Burke and Hare murders The Burke and Hare murders were a series of 16 killings committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures. Edinburgh was a leading European centre of anatomical study in the early 19th century, in a time when the demand for cadavers led to a shortfall in legal supply. Scottish law required that corpses used for medical research should only come from those who had died in prison, suicide victims,
Canadian Doctors for Medicare Canadian Doctors for Medicare Canadian Doctors for Medicare is an advocacy group committed to the preservation and enhancement of Canada's universal public health care system. The organization was founded in 2006 by a group of physicians concerned with growing trends in privatization and for-profit delivery, as well as the possibility for these trends to produce a two-tier system that would allow the wealthy to purchase care in the "upper" tier, while the "lower" public tier is left depleted of resources. The organization is run by a board of practicing and retired physicians, as well as medical students and residents, and