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Relatives to be told if organs are to be retained after postmortem
BMJ 2000; 320 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.320.7238.821/a (Published 25 March 2000) Cite this as: BMJ 2000;320:821- Zosia Kmietowicz
- London
The way in which hospital staff obtain informed consent for postmortem examinations is to be changed to provide more openness and clarity. The changes follow recent events at the Bristol Royal Infirmary in which parents were shocked to find that organs from their children had been retained …
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