Chapter 15: Human Organ and Tissue Donation

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The Mental Capacity Act in Action, edited by Christopher Johnston, written by members of 3 Serjeants'

Inn and published by Bloomsbury Professional in 2010.

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Hyperlinks

Paragraph 15.2 - Footnote 3:
 Human Tissue Act 2004. The Human Tissue Authority has now issued nine Codes of Practice all of which can be found on its website: http://www.hta.gov.uk .
 
Paragraph 15.12 - Footnote 8:
Guide to Seeking Consent: Working with Children (DoH 2001): http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4007005.
 
Paragraph 15.14 - Footnote 2:
Code on Donation, para 61; Guidance for Transplant Teams and Independent Assessors - Living Donor Transplantation (Human Tissue Authority) and found at the Authority’s website: http://www.hta.gov.uk/.
 
Paragraph 15.14 - Footnote 3:
SI 2006/1659, reg 11(8) and (9); Code on Donation, para 64; Guidance for Transplant Teams and Independent Assessors - Living Donor Transplantation (Human Tissue Authority) and found at on the Authority’s website: http://www.hta.gov.uk/ .
 
Paragraph 15.15 - Footnote 1:
Code on Donation, paras 26, 38, 62, 65, 67, 92. For the Authority’s process generally see paras 58–70 and Guidance for Transplant Teams and Independent Assessors - Living Donor Transplantation (Human Tissue Authority) and found at on the Authority’s website: http://www.hta.gov.uk/ .
 
Paragraph 15.17 - Footnote 2:
http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/.