Recommendations: Chapter 11. Consent

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4.1 Section 1

Patient Details:

Name of hospital	Contact number
Name of child	Hospital reference number
Address	Telephone/fax numbers
Date of birth	General practitioner
Date of death	Address
Place of death	Telephone/fax numbers
Next of kin	Allocated bereavement adviser
Relationship to child	Date of appointment
Address	Telephone/fax numbers
Hospital consultant

4.2 Section 2

Purpose of hospital post mortem examination to establish:

Cause of death	Effects of treatment
Effects of surgery	Accuracy of diagnosis

4.3 Section 3

Post mortem examination may extend to:

The whole body	Access restricted to a surgical incision
The chest and abdomen	Small samples from specified organs

4.4 Section 4

Consent:

Consent to full post mortem examination	Consent can be refused
Consent can be limited to specified organs

4.5 Section 5

Purposes for retaining organs:

Diagnostic	Medical education
Therapeutic	Research

4.6 Section 6

Purposes for retaining tissue:

Diagnostic	Research
Therapeutic	To enable organs to remain in the body
Medical education	To enable organs to be returned to the body for the funeral

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