What was the purpose of the creation of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act?
A. to allow individuals to donate body parts for money
B. to allow individuals to donate their bodies to science after death
C. to allow individuals to bid on donated organs
D. to allow physicians to use organs as they see fit
E. to allow medical schools to purchase organs
B. to allow individuals to donate their bodies to science after death
In 1968, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act was approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws for the purpose of allowing individuals to donate their bodies or body parts, after death, for use in transplant surgery, tissue banks, or medical research or education.
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