Launch of consultation on human bodies in medicine and research

The Council launched a public consultation on human bodies in medicine and research on 20 April 2010.

The Working Party is seeking people's views on a number of questions, including:

• How far should we as a society go in encouraging or even incentivising people to provide material?


• What control should a person providing material have over its future use?


• Can useful comparisons be made with people taking part 'healthy volunteer' clinical trials where people 'give over' their body for a short time for research purposes?

Find out more about the consultation