title: Legal issues involving bone marrow transplants to minors.
abstract: Legal issues are always involved in transplantation situations in which the proposed donor is a minor. This paper outlines the legal issues of informed consent and discusses the requirement for courts to be involved in approval of such transplant procedures. The paper provides a description of the legal procedures of which physicians should be aware when they propose to use donors who are minors for transplant operations.
mesh_terms: D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D033242:Minors; D033282:Parental Consent; D035781:Siblings; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement