Post-mortem signup

In cryonics, post-mortem signup is signing a person up for cryopreservation arrangements after their legal death. In such cases, it can be possible that a person gets cryopreserved without the patient's consent. It is always best to make cryonics arrangements while you are still healthy, therefore post-mortem signups are discouraged.

The Alcor Life Extension Foundation offers a document, the Declaration of Intent to Be Cryopreserved, that can help make it possible for others to sign the person up in an emergency situation, including in a case of post-mortem signup. The Cryonics Institute accepts post-mortem signup patients only if they have been legally dead at least two weeks first.

Post-mortem signup patients include CI-100, Henrietta Popper, and Luna Wilson.