The legal and ethical framework governing body donation in Europe – 2nd update on current practice

Erich Brenner; Ronald L.A.W. Bleys; Raffaele de Caro; Ilia Catereniuc; Andy R.M. Chirculescu; Christophe Destrieux; Elisabeth Eppler; Luis Filgueira; David Kachlik; Péter Kiss; Clive Lee; Niki Matveeva; Konstantinos Natsis; Diogo Pais; Friedrich Paulsen; Maria Piagkou; Fabio Quondamatteo; Dóra Reglődi; Erdoğan Şendemir; Jørgen Tranum-Jensen; Janina Tutkuviene; María Teresa Vázquez Osorio

doi:10.1016/j.aanat.2023.152195

The legal and ethical framework governing body donation in Europe – 2nd update on current practice

Erich Brenner^*, Ronald L.A.W. Bleys, Raffaele de Caro, Ilia Catereniuc, Andy R.M. Chirculescu, Christophe Destrieux, Elisabeth Eppler, Luis Filgueira, David Kachlik, Péter Kiss, Clive Lee, Niki Matveeva, Konstantinos Natsis, Diogo Pais, Friedrich Paulsen, Maria Piagkou, Fabio Quondamatteo, Dóra Reglődi, Erdoğan Şendemir, Jørgen Tranum-JensenJanina Tutkuviene, María Teresa Vázquez Osorio

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Background: In 2008, members of the TEPARG provided first insights into the legal and ethical framework governing body donation in Europe. In 2012, a first update followed. This paper is now the second update on this topic and tries to extend the available information to many more European countries. Methods: For this second update, we have asked authors from all European countries to contribute their national perspectives. By this enquiry, we got many contributions compiled in this paper. When we did not get a personal contribution, one of us (EB) searched the internet for relevant information. Results: Perspectives on the legal and ethical framework governing body donation in Europe. Conclusions: We still see that a clear and rigorous legal framework is still unavailable in several countries. We found national regulations in 18 out of 39 countries; two others have at least federal laws. Several countries accept not only donated bodies but also utilise unclaimed bodies. These findings can guide policymakers in reviewing and updating existing laws and regulations related to body donation and anatomical studies.

Original language	English
Article number	152195
Journal	Annals of Anatomy
Volume	252
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aanat.2023.152195
Publication status	Published - Feb 2024

Keywords

Anatomical research
Body donation
Body procurement
Teaching of anatomy

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Brenner, E., Bleys, R. L. A. W., de Caro, R., Catereniuc, I., Chirculescu, A. R. M., Destrieux, C., Eppler, E., Filgueira, L., Kachlik, D., Kiss, P., Lee, C., Matveeva, N., Natsis, K., Pais, D., Paulsen, F., Piagkou, M., Quondamatteo, F., Reglődi, D., Şendemir, E., ... Vázquez Osorio, M. T. (2024). The legal and ethical framework governing body donation in Europe – 2nd update on current practice. Annals of Anatomy, 252, Article 152195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aanat.2023.152195

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