What is the legal status of a cell block as a medical document? Cover Image

Jaki jest status prawny bloczka parafinowego jako dokumentu medycznego?
What is the legal status of a cell block as a medical document?

Author(s): Krzysztof W. Zieliński, Adam Zieliński
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Naczelna Izba Lekarska
Keywords: cell block;medical document

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the legal circumstances of human tissue samples collected for diagnostic purposes which, in the opinion of the authors, become a kind of medical document, following their embedding in paraffin, and histological and cytological preparations. Potential problemsare indicated that may emerge when introducing legal regulations for pathomorphological tissuearchives.

  • Issue Year: 4/2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 57-61
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Polish
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