What is an “anatomical gift?
• An anatomical gift is the donation of your body or organs to medical science or for transplantation. • Under Connecticut law, unless you limit the reasons for an anatomical gift, your body, or parts of it, may be given “to a hospital, physician, surgeon or procurement organization, for transplantation, therapy, medical or dental education, research or advancement of medical or dental science”; or “to an accredited medical or dental school, college or university for education, research, or advancement of science”; or to a particular person if you specify a particular person who needs an organ. • If you wish, you can specify that you only want to make a gift to “save life” or “for transplants”. • Keep in mind that unless you state in writing that they may not do so, your family has the right to make an anatomical gift after your death.
