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The UK Human Tissue Act and consent: surrendering a fundamental principle to transplantation needs?
- Correspondence to: M D Dominic Bell MPhil, MB, ChB, FRCA, Consultant in Intensive Care, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX, UK; dominic.bell{at}leedsth.nhs.uk
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The UK Human Tissue Act and consent: surrendering a fundamental principle to transplantation needs?
Publication history
- Received April 29, 2005
- Accepted August 3, 2005
- Revised July 26, 2005
- First published April 28, 2006.
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April 28, 2006
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