Organ transplantation issues in minors

Abstract

Currently, medical ethics may place tighter restrictions on the procedures involved in fetal organ and tissue transplantation than does the legal system. Although it may be legal to do certain procedures, and, recently, technically possible to do certain procedures, careful attention must be devoted to ethical considerations in the field of fetal organ/tissue transplantation. Simply because there are no legal or technical barriers to doing some of these procedures does not necessarily mean that performance of these procedures is morally correct.

Citation

Fisher, M.A. (2001), "Organ transplantation issues in minors", Shelton, W. and Balint, J. (Ed.) The Ethics of Organ Transplantation (Advances in Bioethics, Vol. 7), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 339-366. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3709(01)80018-2