A Necessary Inhumanity?

Medical Humanities

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 104-106

  Richardson, Ruth ^a  

^a Art Historian   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detachment; Dissection; Medical culture; Presumed consent; Remuneration; Specimens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMANISM; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

AUTOPSY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANISM; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PRESUMED CONSENT; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 0034458005     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mh.26.2.104     Document Type: Article

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8. Watson W. [Transmission of fatal venereal infection in a tooth transplant] read at the Royal College of Physicians, May 28th 2000. Watson's report was printed in the Medical transactions of the Royal College of Physicians. London: Royal College of Physicians, 1785: vol III.
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10. Wildgoose J. An acceptable body of work? Daily Telegraph 1998 May 9: Arts and Books section: A7. Wildgoose J. Catalogue essay for AN Kelly's exhibition, Birthdays. London: 291 Gallery, 1999.
11. Wildgoose J. An acceptable body of work? Daily Telegraph 1998 May 9: Arts and Books section: A7. Wildgoose J. Catalogue essay for AN Kelly's exhibition, Birthdays. London: 291 Gallery, 1999.
12. Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry. Interim report: removal and retention of human material. Bristol: Bristol Royal Infirmary, May 2000. See also Richardson R. Tissue retention-an outsider's view. Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists, 2000 (in press).
13. Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry. Interim report: removal and retention of human material. Bristol: Bristol Royal Infirmary, May 2000. See also Richardson R. Tissue retention-an outsider's view. Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists, 2000 (in press).