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Bin P, Delbon P, Piras M, et al. Donation of the body for scientific purposes in Italy: ethical and medico-legal considerations. Open Med (Wars). 2016;11(1):316-320doi: 10.1515/med-2016-0060.
Bin, P., Delbon, P., Piras, M., Paternoster, M., Di Lorenzo, P., & Conti, A. (2016). Donation of the body for scientific purposes in Italy: ethical and medico-legal considerations. Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland), 11(1), 316-320. https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2016-0060
Bin, Paola, et al. "Donation of the body for scientific purposes in Italy: ethical and medico-legal considerations." Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) vol. 11,1 (2016): 316-320. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2016-0060
Bin P, Delbon P, Piras M, Paternoster M, Di Lorenzo P, Conti A. Donation of the body for scientific purposes in Italy: ethical and medico-legal considerations. Open Med (Wars). 2016 Aug 02;11(1):316-320. doi: 10.1515/med-2016-0060. eCollection 2016. PMID: 28352814; PMCID: PMC5329847.
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Open Med (Wars). 2016 Aug 02;11(1):316-320. doi: 10.1515/med-2016-0060. eCollection 2016.

Donation of the body for scientific purposes in Italy: ethical and medico-legal considerations.

Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland)

Paola Bin, Paola Delbon, Mauro Piras, Mariano Paternoster, Pierpaolo Di Lorenzo, Adelaide Conti

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Radiology and Public Health, Public Health and Humanities Section, University of Brescia Italy -Forensic Medicine Institute, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
  2. Department of Surgery, Radiology and Public Health, Public Health and Humanities Section, University of Brescia - Centre of Bioethics Research, Italy.
  3. Department of Surgery, Radiology and Public Health, Public Health and Humanities Section, University of Brescia Italy -Forensic Medicine Institute, Brescia, Italy.
  4. Department of Adavanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples " Federico II", Naples, Italy.
  5. Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.

PMID: 28352814 PMCID: PMC5329847 DOI: 10.1515/med-2016-0060

Abstract

In recent years in Italy (and in the other European Countries) a new debated topic involves anatomists and the scientific world: donation of the body after death for scientific purposes. The aim of our analysis is to analyze the issue of voluntary body donation in Italy focusing first of all, on key principles of the disciplines of donation. Considering the rise of exhibitions and events in which death is spectacularized, the debate is focus on will, on respect and overall on the purpose for which the body is donated. Anatomical dissection is considered necessary in the direct learning of the human body, of surgical practices and new scientific techniques but the scarcity of programmes and regulations regarding the donation of bodies for study and research make it an uncommon practice. After discussing what are the constitutional principles underlying the issue we want to emphasize the need of a more effective and updated regulation to set limits and methods of a practice still essential for scientific progress.

Keywords: Anatomical dissection in research; Body-donation; Informed consent; Unclaimed bodies

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest statement: Authors state no conflict of interest.

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