Ethical policy and principles in tissue banking
Subtitle: international experience and implementation
By: Jorge Morales Pedraza
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Cham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9783319316727; 9783319316734
Subjects: Tissue banks; Moral and ethical aspects; Medical ethics; Medical policy; Law; Regenerative medicine; Tissue engineering; Medical laws and legislation; Biomedical engineering
Description: "This book highlights the importance of adopting ethical policies and a code of ethics concerning tissue banking. It also shares the experience of a select group of countries in the adoption, implementation, and use of ethics in the creation and maintenance of tissue establishments. Describing the difficulties faced and the measures adopted to overcome them, the book provides several essential recommendations for governments, professional associations and international organizations involved in tissue banking, with the goal of strengthening tissue banking activities in interested countries and improving the quality of all tissue establishments."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The importance of ethics in the field of tissue banking; title: Ethical policy, principles, codes and other regulations in force in the field of tissue banking in a select group of countries; title: Regulations and laws governing human tissue donation and transplantation in the field of ethics in a selected group of countries, including the WHO; title: The experience in the field of ethics in tissue banking activities in a selected group of countries; title: Main difficulties encountered during the implementation of ethical principles, regulations and laws governing human tissue donation in a selected group of countries; title: Conclusions; title: Recommendations to governments, the IAEA, WHO and regional professional associations in the field of ethics in tissue banking.