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California medical school criticised for improper use of cadavers

BMJ 2001; 322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.01028a (Published 01 February 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;322:01028a
  1. Fred Charatan1
  1. 1Florida

An audit of the scheme for handling bodies that have been donated to medical science at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) has faulted the programme's former director, Christopher S Brown.

The audit of the “willed body programme,” which took more than a year and a half to complete, uncovered a lack of supervision, poor record keeping, failure to return remains to families …

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