• Acta paediatrica · Sep 2011

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    Organ donation from children: time for legal, ethical and cultural change.

    • Joe Brierley and Vic Larcher.
    • Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK. brierj@gosh.nhs.uk
    • Acta Paediatr. 2011 Sep 1;100(9):1175-9.

    UnlabelledSuccessful transplantation has lead to increasing need for donated organs from children; however, contemporaneously decreased brain-death rates means optimization of donation processes is crucial. Although excellent palliative care and organ donation are compatible, discrepancies exist both between and within European countries in abilities to offer families donation opportunities. Change will require address of legal, ethical and cultural barriers, and this review aims to explore such changes pertinent to both dead and living organ donation.ConclusionWe argue that across Europe it is surely time for legal, ethical and cultural change to facilitate parents, families and of course children in having the choice of donation.© 2011 The Author(s)/Acta Paediatrica © 2011 Foundation Acta Paediatrica.

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