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PMID: 12171497 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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CONTEXT: Informed consent entails more than signing a document. Ideally, it should involve a process in which individuals are given sufficient information to make a voluntary decision. Little is known about the process of informed consent for cadaver donation. OBJECTIVE: To assess existing consent procedures for cadaver donation in a sample of US medical schools. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey and content analysis of informational brochures and consent forms given to potential cadaver donors. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The 22 largest medical schools in the United States, as ranked by the number of medical students in the Association of American Medical Colleges Institutional Profile System Annual Report 1995-1996. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Description of dissection procedure, information provided about dissection, and the process for obtaining consent. RESULTS: Of the 22 schools studied, 18 schools (82%) mentioned the altruistic nature of cadaver donation. Twenty-one schools (96%) specified that bodies would be used to teach students, and 16 schools (73%) specified that bodies would be used for research. One school (4%) noted that organs could be permanently preserved for teaching purposes. Only 2 schools (9%) provided any description of the dissection procedures to be performed on the cadavers. Seven schools (32%) used the term dissect at least once. None of the schools offered to provide a complete account of the dissection procedure. CONCLUSIONS: The existing consent procedures for cadaver donations at US medical schools do not provide sufficient information to potential donors to constitute a fully informed consent. |
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Authors:
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Christine S Chung; Lisa Soleymani Lehmann |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine Volume: 126 ISSN: 0003-9985 ISO Abbreviation: Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. Publication Date: 2002 Aug |
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Created Date: 2002-08-12 Completed Date: 2002-09-10 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7607091 Medline TA: Arch Pathol Lab Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 964-8 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Harvard Medical School and the Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass 02115, USA. |
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Cadaver* Dissection Humans Informed Consent* Tissue and Organ Procurement* |
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