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The Alder Hey scandal arose from an inquiry into the death of children during heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary from 1984-1995. Learn more about this scandal here: The Royal Bristol Infirmary Website
A final report on the Bristol inquiry was published in 2001; find it here: Learning From Bristol: The Department of Health's Response to the Report of the Public Inquiry into children's heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary 1984-1995.
Many of the same issues regarding medical culture during the 1980s were addressed during the inquiry into the deaths. Read more about it here: The Bristol Royal infirmary inquiry: the issue explained.
Read here to find out why autopsy is still an important part of advancing medical knowledge: Clinical, educational, and epidemiological value of autopsy
Review issues regarding organ retention and tissue banking in International affairs:
Australia: Inquiry into matters arising from the post-mortem and anatomical examination practices of the Institute of Forensic Medicine;
Tissue Banking in Australia
Europe: The Ethical and Legal Regulation of Human Tissue and Biobank Research in Europe
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BBC News Interview with Professor Dick van Velzen BBC News, February 5 2001
Human Tissue Act 2004 The National Archives 2004
The Alder Hey scandal arose from an inquiry into the death of children during heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary from 1984-1995. Learn more about this scandal here: The Royal Bristol Infirmary Website
A final report on the Bristol inquiry was published in 2001; find it here: Learning From Bristol: The Department of Health's Response to the Report of the Public Inquiry into children's heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary 1984-1995.
Many of the same issues regarding medical culture during the 1980s were addressed during the inquiry into the deaths. Read more about it here: The Bristol Royal infirmary inquiry: the issue explained.
Read here to find out why autopsy is still an important part of advancing medical knowledge: Clinical, educational, and epidemiological value of autopsy
Review issues regarding organ retention and tissue banking in International affairs:
Australia: Inquiry into matters arising from the post-mortem and anatomical examination practices of the Institute of Forensic Medicine;
Tissue Banking in Australia
Europe: The Ethical and Legal Regulation of Human Tissue and Biobank Research in Europe
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