PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lisa Parker
TI  - Using human tissue: when do we need consent?
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2011-100043
DP  - 2011 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 759--761
VI  - 37
IP  - 12
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/37/12/759.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/37/12/759.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2011 Dec 01; 37
AB  - 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.