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Legal and ethical considerations of organ donation in children: implications for anaesthetists
Author(s) -
PACE N.A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1992.tb00205.x
Subject(s) - medicine , principle of legality , organ donation , transplantation , organ transplantation , set (abstract data type) , engineering ethics , intensive care medicine , law , surgery , political science , engineering , computer science , programming language
Summary It is essential, when transplantation is considered, firstly to distinguish between regenerative and non‐regenerative tissue or organs, and secondly to assess the amount of risk created. A framework of ethical guidelines could then be set up. There are still many unanswered questions regarding the legality of organ transplantation in minors and legal guidelines are urgently required in many parts of the world.