Legal basis of global tissue banking : a proactive clinical perspective [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : from a cottage industry to a global business / Glyn O. Phillips -- Current legal framework for international operation of tissue banks / Pe Myint -- The legal and regulatory framework for tissues and cells in the Europe Union / Deborah R. hutchison -- Litigation risks facing tissue banks in the United States / Daniel D. Harshman -- The importance of a code of ethics and a code of practice for tissue banking establishment / Jorge Morales Pedraza -- Religious, legal, and cultural issues for tissue banking, with special reference to the Asia Pacific Region / Aziz Nather and Wee Lin -- Challenges for tissue bankers in Asia Pacific Region and recent progress in Malaysia / Norimah Yusof -- Legal system for tissue banking in Latin America / Eulogia Kairiyama -- Establishing a legal system for tissue banking in China / Li Bao Xing, Zhao Yaping, and Glyn O. Phillips -- Independence for Wales from the remainder of the United Kingdom : a change from informed consent to presumed consent / Glyn O. Phillips -- Germany tissue a special case and regarded as a pharmaceutical for legislation / Ralf R. T�onjes and Peter Hergert -- Legal issues associated with producing and marketing tissues internationally / Carrie Hartill -- A retrospective look at the largest recall of processed bone tissue in history / Helena Lazares and John T. Salvucci -- Polymethyl methacrylate and acceptable material for tissue augmentation and reconstruction / Mario Cabraja, Jack Klecan, and Glyn O. Phillips.

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