Public Appeals Challenging Criteria for Pediatric Organ Transplantation.
Pediatrics
; 146(Suppl 1): S48-S53, 2020 08.
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| ID: mdl-32737232
In this article, I review the ethical issues that arise in the allocation of deceased-donor organs to children and young adults. By analyzing the public media cases of Sarah Murnaghan, Amelia Rivera, and Riley Hancey, I assess whether public appeals to challenge inclusion and exclusion criteria for organ transplantation are ethical and under which circumstances. The issues of pediatric allocation with limited evidence and candidacy affected by factors such as intellectual disability and marijuana use are specifically discussed. Finally, I suggest that ethical public advocacy can coexist with well-evidenced transplant allocation if and when certain conditions (morally defensible criteria, expert evidence, nonprioritization of the poster child, and greater advocacy for organ transplantation in general) are met.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Defensa del Paciente
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Asignación de Recursos para la Atención de Salud
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Asignación de Recursos
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Donación Directa de Tejido
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Ethics
Límite:
Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatrics
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos