Table 1.
List of guidelines/recommendations relevant to ethical practice in receiving human remains for anatomical dissection.
| Sl. no. | Guidelines/recommendations | Remarks | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Human bodies received only through donation programs to be used for academic purpose (guideline) | Core ethical practice in human dissection | IFAA Guidelines (FICEM, 2012) |
| 02 | Informed consent in writing from every donor (guideline) | Core ethical practice in human dissection | IFAA Guidelines (FICEM, 2012) |
| 03 | No commercialization of human remains received through donation for academic activities (guideline) | Core ethical practice in human dissection | IFAA Guidelines (FICEM, 2012) |
| 04 | Regulation of activities (preferably by Institute Oversight Committee) of commercial agencies/farms/companies in case donated bodies/body parts are received through them (recommendation in published literature) | Core ethical practice in human dissection | Jones (2016) (please see references) |
| 05 | Remuneration paid to commercial agencies/farms/companies should include only the expenditure incurred by them (suggestion proposed in present review) | Core ethical practice in human dissection | Present review article |
| 06 | In case human body/body parts are subjected to plastination then prior consent from donor mandatory (guideline) | Core ethical practice in human dissection | IFAA Guidelines (FICEM, 2018) |
| 07 | For public exhibition of plastinated human body/body parts only expenditure incurred to be recovered (suggestion proposed in present review) | Core ethical practice in human dissection | Present review article |
| 08 | Donated bodies in case of Physician Assisted Death (PAD) can be used for academic activities in death is legal as per existing laws (recommendation in published literature) | Core ethical practice in human dissection | Jones (2019), Wainman and Cornwall (2019) (please see references) |
| 09 | In case of PAD, zero level solicitation towards body donation by personnel involved in process of PAD (recommendation in published literature) | Core ethical practice in human dissection | Jones (2019), Wainman and Cornwall (2019) (please see references) |
| 10 | No refusal to receive donated bodies in case there is lack of storage space. Bodies to be sent to other institutions under exchange programs (recommendation in published literature) | Core ethical practice in human dissection | Riederer and Bueno-López (2014) (please see references) |
IFAA: International Federation of Association of Anatomists.
FICEM (2012, 2018): please see references.