Article ; Online: The psychology, legality, ethics and medical aspects of organ donation by minors.
Transplantation reviews (Orlando, Fla.)
2024 Volume 38, Issue 2, Page(s) 100832
Abstract: Any individual who has not attained the chronological age of legal majority as per national law is termed a minor. The concept of living donation (LD) has always been a subject of ethical debate and further compounding the controversy is the question of ... ...
Abstract | Any individual who has not attained the chronological age of legal majority as per national law is termed a minor. The concept of living donation (LD) has always been a subject of ethical debate and further compounding the controversy is the question of LD by minors. The decision for a minor to donate poses a special challenge as it involves a close family unit of parent-child relationship. Such an emotionally loaded situation wherein questions of attachment, perceived duties, moral obligation are likely to cloud a truly informed consent on the part of the minor to donation, who may find themselves in a vulnerable position. Furthermore, a minor's cognitive ability to comprehend the gravity of LD and when required defy parental coercion need to be elucidates before a minor is accepted for LD. Experts have set out stringent conditions which need to be met prior to the exceptional circumstance that a minor is considered for organ donation. Such donations should require parental permission, child's assent and the involvement of a paediatric-trained donor advocacy team. This article debates the question of minors acting as live donors from ethical, medical, psychosocial and legal viewpoints with an aim to present internationally defined circumstances when a minor may morally participate as a LD, thereby laying the foundation for future deliberations in this regard using traditional metrics to juxtapose divergent courses of action. |
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MeSH term(s) | Child ; Humans ; Organ Transplantation ; Tissue and Organ Procurement ; Living Donors ; Informed Consent |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-01-19 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 639400-0 |
ISSN | 1557-9816 ; 0955-470X |
ISSN (online) | 1557-9816 |
ISSN | 0955-470X |
DOI | 10.1016/j.trre.2024.100832 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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