For Victims of Fatal Child Abuse, Who Has the Right to Consent to Organ Donation?
Pediatrics
; 146(3)2020 09.
Article
en En
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| ID: mdl-32817267
ABSTRACT
In rare circumstances, children who have suffered traumatic brain injury from child abuse are declared dead by neurologic criteria and are eligible to donate organs. When the parents are the suspected abusers, there can be confusion about who has the legal right to authorize organ donation. Furthermore, organ donation may interfere with the collection of forensic evidence that is necessary to evaluate the abuse. Under those circumstances, particularly in the context of a child homicide investigation, the goals of organ donation and collection and preservation of critical forensic evidence may seem mutually exclusive. In this Ethics Rounds, we discuss such a case and suggest ways to resolve the apparent conflicts between the desire to procure organs for donation and the need to thoroughly evaluate the evidence of abuse.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Donantes de Tejidos
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Obtención de Tejidos y Órganos
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Maltrato a los Niños
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Consentimiento Paterno
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Medicina Legal
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Homicidio
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Ethics
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatrics
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article