Cadaver procurement for anatomy teaching: legislative challenges in a transition-related environment.

Background: Human gross anatomy is one of the cornerstones of a medical curriculum and cannot be performed without adequate cadaver procurement, which is a particular challenge for medical schools with a large student enrolment. The authors present the situation in a country with a low public awareness for willed body donor programmes and the prior absence of adequate legislation.

Aim: Against this background, a comprehensive proposition of a whole-body procurement procedure was elaborated in the health-care law.