Balta Joy Y, Champney Thomas H, Ferrigno Christopher, Johnson Laura E, Ross Callum F, Schmitt Brandi, Smith Heather F
Anatomy Learning Institute, College of Health Sciences, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California, USA.
Division of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.
Anat Sci Educ. 2025 Jan;18(1):8-26. doi: 10.1002/ase.2520. Epub 2024 Dec 18.
The American Association for Anatomy recently charged a task force with updating and expanding upon best practices and recommendations for human body donation programs. The task force comprised American Association for Anatomy members with specific and detailed knowledge about the legal, ethical, and procedural operations of body donation programs in the United States. The task force developed both foundational and aspirational recommendations. These recommendations emphasize the importance of prioritizing the ethical treatment of all body donors across all education and research sectors. Programs must adhere to several principles to operate an ethical body donation program, the foundation of which is informed consent. The policies and procedures of donation programs must clearly and transparently describe their core operational practices including outreach, registration, custody tracking, use, disposition, and memorialization. Such programs should be governed by a diverse oversight committee whose members are not directly responsible for the program's daily operations. These standards require that all body donation programs follow all national, state, and local laws in the program's jurisdiction. The following recommendations for body donation programs were approved by the Board of Directors of the American Association for Anatomy in 2024 and were conceived as a living document intended to be periodically modified and updated as the ethos and legislation of body donations evolve. Given the importance of these recommendations, translations of this document into Chinese and Spanish are available as supplementary materials S2 and S3.
美国解剖学会最近责成一个特别工作组更新并扩展人体捐赠项目的最佳实践和建议。该特别工作组由对美国人体捐赠项目的法律、伦理和程序运作有具体详细了解的美国解剖学会成员组成。特别工作组制定了基础性和理想性的建议。这些建议强调了在所有教育和研究领域优先对所有遗体捐赠者进行道德对待的重要性。项目必须遵循若干原则来运作一个符合伦理的遗体捐赠项目，其基础是知情同意。捐赠项目的政策和程序必须清晰、透明地描述其核心运作实践，包括宣传、登记、保管追踪、使用、处置和纪念。此类项目应由一个多元化的监督委员会管理，其成员对项目的日常运作不直接负责。这些标准要求所有遗体捐赠项目遵守其管辖范围内的所有国家、州和地方法律。以下遗体捐赠项目建议于2024年经美国解剖学会董事会批准，被视为一份动态文件，旨在随着遗体捐赠的理念和立法的发展而定期修改和更新。鉴于这些建议的重要性，本文件的中文和西班牙文译本作为补充材料S2和S3提供。
