Quelle place pour les familles dans le consentement au prélèvement d’organes post-mortem ?
There is an increasing awareness in the transplant community that family plays a crucial role in releasing donor organs for transplant purposes. Although in most jurisdictions the family has little legal standing, in practice organ retrieval protocols and procedures amount to giving the next-of-kin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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L’Harmattan
2017-03-01
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| Series: | Droit et Cultures |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/droitcultures/4188 |
| Summary: | There is an increasing awareness in the transplant community that family plays a crucial role in releasing donor organs for transplant purposes. Although in most jurisdictions the family has little legal standing, in practice organ retrieval protocols and procedures amount to giving the next-of-kin something akin to a veto over posthumous organ removal. This situation raises important ethical and legal issues that are the subject of this article. |
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| ISSN: | 0247-9788 2109-9421 |