Specimens

Our bodies come exclusively from Tübingen’s body donation programme. A use of bodies provided by commercial body donor programmes is strictly prohibited due to ethical reasons.

The body donation programme in Tübingen exists since 1965. It abides by the ethical guidelines, the Recommendations of Good Practice of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists, IFAA: “Informed Consent” of body donors, willingness of relatives, transparency, a dignified funeral and commemoration, non-renumeration of body donation, exclusion of commercialisation.

The Clinical Anatomy Tübingen guarantees to abide by these strict ethical recommendations, which was confirmed by the Landesrechnungshof Baden-Württemberg (state audit office of Baden-Württemberg). Income generated by further and continued education classes is solely used to maintain and expand the Clinical Anatomy.

There is a great willingness to enter the body donation programme at the Institute of Anatomy of the University of Tübingen. Currently, more than 4,500 people donated their body. Every year we receive about 200 new request and 100 body donations.