Background

In 2008, members of the TEPARG provided first insights into the legal and ethical framework governing body donation in Europe. In 2012, a first update followed. This paper is now the second update on this topic and tries to extend the available information to many more European countries.

Methods

For this second update, we have asked authors from all European countries to contribute their national perspectives. By this enquiry, we got many contributions compiled in this paper. When we did not get a personal contribution, one of us (EB) searched the internet for relevant information.

Results

Perspectives on the legal and ethical framework governing body donation in Europe.

Conclusions

We still see that a clear and rigorous legal framework is still unavailable in several countries. We found national regulations in 18 out of 39 countries; two others have at least federal laws. Several countries accept not only donated bodies but also utilise unclaimed bodies. These findings can guide policymakers in reviewing and updating existing laws and regulations related to body donation and anatomical studies.

中文翻译：

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欧洲遗体捐赠的法律和道德框架——当前实践的第二次更新

背景

2008 年，TEPARG 成员首次对欧洲遗体捐赠的法律和道德框架提出了见解。2012 年，进行了第一次更新。本文现在是该主题的第二次更新，并试图将可用信息扩展到更多欧洲国家。

方法

对于第二次更新，我们要求所有欧洲国家的作者贡献他们的国家观点。通过这次调查，我们在本文中得到了许多贡献。当我们没有得到个人捐款时，我们中的一个人（EB）在互联网上搜索了相关信息。

结果

对欧洲遗体捐赠法律和道德框架的看法。

结论

我们仍然看到，一些国家仍然没有明确、严格的法律框架。我们在 39 个国家中找到了 18 个国家的国家法规；另外两个至少有联邦法律。一些国家不仅接受捐赠的尸体，还利用无人认领的尸体。这些发现可以指导政策制定者审查和更新与遗体捐赠和解剖研究相关的现有法律法规。