TY - JOUR T1 - Using human tissue: when do we need consent? JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 759 LP - 761 DO - 10.1136/medethics-2011-100043 VL - 37 IS - 12 AU - Lisa Parker Y1 - 2011/12/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/37/12/759.abstract N2 - Identifiable excess surgical tissue is an important resource for medical research but we have become overly restrictive about consent requirements. I suggest we devolve consent to ethics committees for ordinary research projects involving human tissue, retaining the requirement for explicit consent only for those sensitive research situations where there is significant risk of harm to individual interests in privacy. ER -