Historical Development of Legal Protection for the Rights of Mentally Ill Persons in France

Thoret, Yves; Kantin, Sophia

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“…These donors can be mentally incompetent and a relative/legally authorized person could be the active donor. However, the donor must always be informed in spite of his/her age/medical/mental condition (Fulford and Mordini 1994;Post et al 1997;Ravid and Menon 1993;Ravid 1992a, b;Thoret and Kantin 1994;Whitehouse 2006).…”

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Standard Operating Procedures, ethical and legal regulations in BTB (Brain/Tissue/Bio) banking: what is still missing?

Ravid¹

2007

Cell Tissue Banking

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The use of human biological specimens in scientific research is the focus of current international public and professional concern and a major issue in bioethics in general. Brain/Tissue/Bio banks (BTB-banks) are a rapid developing sector; each of these banks acts locally as a steering unit for the establishment of the local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and the legal regulations and ethical guidelines to be followed in the procurement and dissemination of research specimens. An appropriat Code of Conduct is crucial to a successful operation of the banks and the research application they handle. What are we still missing ? (1) Adequate funding for research BTB-banks. (2) Standard evaluation protocls for audit of BTB-bank performance. (3) Internationally accepted SOP's which will facilitate exchange and sharing of specimens and data with the scientific community. (4) Internationally accepted Code of Conduct. In the present paper we review the most pressing organizational, methodological, medico-legal and ethical issues involved in BTB-banking; funding, auditing, procurement, management/handling, dissemination and sharing of specimens, confidentiality and data protection, genetic testing, "financial gain" and safety measures. Taking into consideration the huge variety of the specimens stored in different repositories and the enormous differences in medico-legal systems and ethics regulations in different countries it is strongly recommend that the health-care systems and institutions who host BTB-Banks will put more efforts in getting adequate funding for the infrastructure and daily activities. The BTB-banks should define evaluation protocols, SOPs and their Code of Conduct. This in turn will enable the banks to share the collected specimens and data with the largest possible number of researchers and aim at a maximal scientific spin-off and advance in public health research.

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Standard Operating Procedures, ethical and legal regulations in BTB (Brain/Tissue/Bio) banking: what is still missing?

Ravid¹

2007

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“…The history of modern psychiatry on Romanian territories started in 1838, when an important law on mental health was issued. This law established that assistance for the mentally ill was the responsibility of 'Eforia Spitalelor Civile' (Association of Civilian Hospitals), an institution that coordinated all hospitals in the city of Bucharest in the beginning of the 19 th century [1,2] The French Law for the Mentally Ill from 30 June 1838 provided the background for the development of legal protection for the rights of mentally ill in France [3]. In November 1838, five months after the French Law was enacted, Marcutza Asylum, the first modern insane asylum on Romanian territories, was created near Bucharest [4,5].…”

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The institutionalization of asylum and forensic psychiatry in Bucharest, 19th century. A historical outline

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Hostiuc²,

Drima³

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This historical note focuses on the development of psychiatry and forensic expertise in Bucharest between c. 1840 and 1910 under the influence of the European Schools of Medicine of the time. During the 19th century, psychiatry became part of a larger medical agenda, which included the establishment of public and private hospitals and asylums, public health reforms and social legislation for the protection of mentally ill, family planning and ultimately law regulations regarding forensic psychiatry. To date, the history of Romanian psychiatry and forensic medicine in Romania has been neglected, although it proves very resourceful for the understanding the complex relationship between science, political ideals and national contexts, both at a regional and international level. This note provides an insight into the inception of modern psychiatry institutions and scientific advances in Romania, and to the medically trained personalities in Bucharest and Eastern European medicine.

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Historical Development of Legal Protection for the Rights of Mentally Ill Persons in France

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Standard Operating Procedures, ethical and legal regulations in BTB (Brain/Tissue/Bio) banking: what is still missing?

Standard Operating Procedures, ethical and legal regulations in BTB (Brain/Tissue/Bio) banking: what is still missing?

The institutionalization of asylum and forensic psychiatry in Bucharest, 19th century. A historical outline

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