returning tissue blocks to relatives

From:"Dr. Allen A. Smith" <asmith@mail.barry.edu>

I am disturbed by the suggestion from the U.K. that tissue blocks from
autopsies be returned to relatives of the deceased.
I cannot see what use the tissue blocks from an autopsy would be to
relatives.
Taking them out of the pathology lab system seems to be a formula for ending
all academic research in human pathology.

Allen A. Smith, Ph.D.
School of Graduate Medical Sciences
   Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
Barry University
Miami Shores, Florida





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