Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-2pzkn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-05-14T18:07:36.196Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Abbreviations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2021

Elizabeth T. Hurren
Elizabeth T. Hurren
Affiliation:
University of Leicester

Summary

A summary is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Type
Chapter
Information
Hidden Histories of the Dead
Disputed Bodies in Modern British Medical Research
 , pp. xvi - xvii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BYCreative Common License - NCCreative Common License - ND
This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/cclicenses/

Abbreviations

AA1832

Anatomy Act (2 & 3 Will. 4 c. 75: 1832)

AA1984

Anatomy Act (Eliz. 2 c. 14: 1984); see also HTA1984

ACPO

Association of Chief Police Officers, UK

AHCBD

Ad-Hoc Committee on Brain Death, convened at Harvard University, 1968

ALCOR

Alcor Life Extension Foundation

AMI

Acute Myocardial Infection

ARA1988

Anatomy Act Regulation Act (Eliz. 2 c. 44: 1988)

BD&RA1953

Births, Deaths, and Registrations Act (1 & 2 Eliz. 2 c. 20: 1953)

BLAA1880

Burial Laws Amendment Act (43 & 44 Vict. c. 42: 1880)

BMA

British Medical Association

BMJ

British Medical Journal

CA1952

Cremations Act (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2 c. 31: 1952)

CAA1926

Coroners Amendment Act (16 & 17 Geo. 5 c. 59: 1926)

CAA1956

Clean Air Act (4 & 5 Eliz. 2 c. 52: 1956)

CCA1888

Council Councils Act (51 & 52 Vict. ch. 41: 1888)

CCF

Congestive Cardiac Failure

C&FCASS

Children and Family Court Advisory Service, UK

CJA2009

Coroners and Justice Act (Eliz. 2 c. 25: 2009)

CMO

Chief Medical Office, UK

COAD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

CPA1974

Control of Pollution Act (Eliz. 2 c. 40: 1974)

CPR

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

CR1984

Coroners Rules (SI 1984 No. 552)

CSE&W

Coroners Society for England and Wales

CUH

Croydon University Hospital

DofH,UK

Department of Health, UK

DofH

Declaration of Helsinki

DofLS

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard

DHSS

Department of Health and Social Security

DofG1948

Declaration of Geneva, 1948

DS0

Distinguished Service Order

EC1979

Medical Research Council Ethics Code, 1979

EPA1990

Environment Protection Act (Eliz. 2 c. 43: 1990)

FAA

Federation of Associations of Anatomists

fMRI

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

GHD

Growth Hormone Deficiency

GMP

Greater Manchester Police Force

HF&EA1990

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (Eliz 2 c. 37: 1990)

HOTA1989

Human Organ Transplant Act (Eliz. 2 c. 31: 1989)

HTA

Human Tissue Authority

HTA1961

Human Tissue Act (9 & 10 Eliz. 2 c. 54: 1961)

HTA1984

Human Tissue Act (Eliz. 2 c. 14: 1984); also called AA1984

HTA2004

Human Tissue Act (Eliz. 2 c. 30: 2004)

IHD

Ischemic Heart Disease

LGA1894

Local Government Act (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73: 1894)

LVF

Left Ventricular Failure in the Heart

MA1752

Murder Act (25 Geo. 2 c. 37: 1752)

MA1858

Medical Act (21 & 22 Vict. c. 90: 1858)

MDA1913

Mental Deficiency Act (3 & 4 Geo. 5 c. 28: 1913)

MDDS

Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome

MID

Mentioned in Despatches

MRC

Medical Research Council

NC1947

Nuremberg Code, 1947

NCEPOD

National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death, 2006

NET

National Ethics Trust

NHS

National Health Service, UK

NGNI

Next Generation Neural Interfaces, Imperial College London

NPL1834

New Poor Law Amendment Act (4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 76: 1834)

NPSA

National Patient Safety Agency

ODR2020

Organ Donation Register, NHS strategy 2020

PGP

Pituitary Gland Programme

P&CEA1996

Police and Criminal Evidence Act (Eliz. 2 c. 25: 1996)

RCP

Royal College of Pathologists

RSM

Royal Society of Medicine

SA1961

Suicide Act (9 & 10 Eliz. 2 c. 60: 1961)

TEPARC

Trans-European Pedagogic Anatomical Research Group

TRA1884

Third Reform Act (48 & 49 Vict. c. 3: 1884)

UCHL

University College Hospital, London

UDDA1981

Uniform Determination of Death Act, USA, 1981

UMDS

United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St. Thomas’ hospitals

WMA

World Medical Association

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×