出版社：Centre for Innovation Law and Policy at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
摘要：Sperling
the long and short of it
should dead people have rights like
the rest of us? A new bill recently
introduced in the English Parliament may
provide an affirmative answer to this
question, causing a stir in the medical
community and the general public.
The Human Tissues Bill seeks to provide
a consistent legislative framework
for the taking, storage and use of human
organs and tissues. While the bill acknowledges
the importance of using dead bodies
and their parts for medical research and
the greater societal good, it also seeks
to give dead people legal protections by
setting out a requirement of ¡°consent¡±
for the storage of a dead body for various
purposes including anatomical examination,
education and training, and transplantation.
Many argue that the ¡°consent¡±
requirement will only exacerbate the practical
problem already faced by the medical
world ¨C the shortage of human organs for
scientific research. Without easy access
to organs for research purposes, scientists
and healthcare providers could be prevented
from pursuing their research and
saving future lives. But good reasons exist
for saying the dead ought to have rights,
justifying the consent requirement.
