The Human Tissue Act 2004: implications for anatomical work at the College
2006 ◽
Vol 88
(8)
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pp. 264-265
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The Human Tissue Act 2004 is a new, important, comprehensive and, above all, timely legislation that is due to come into force on 1 September 2006. The act has considerable implications for the practice of anatomy at the College. The significance of these implications cannot be overemphasised, given the imminence of the many and far-reaching changes that are to take place in the nature of postgraduate surgical training in the UK and the fresh demands that the new training schemes will impose on the delivery of effective postgraduate surgical education (in particular, surgical anatomy).