Centre for Eye Research Australia - Protecting the rights of eye donors

Protecting the rights of eye donors

08/02/18 • 12 min

Australian eye bankers have helped develop the world's first global Agreement on the ethical use of human eye tissue - The Barcelona Principles. We speak to Dr Graeme Pollock OAM and Heather Machin, from the Lions Eye Donation Service at CERA, about the importance of eye tissue donation and what the recently released 'Barcelona Principles' means for Australians and the global community when dealing with organ and tissue donation.

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