Anencephalic tissue transplantation.
The moral issue of whether to use organs from anencephalic newborns continues to perplex philosophers, physicians, nurses and others. In Canada, the medical profession has taken a firm stance that using these organs is not an ethical practice. Does this stance have a firm footing? Countering it are a number of arguments for using these organs. In addition, parental autonomy is limited by the present practice of having doctors control the decision.
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D000757:Anencephaly; D002170:Canada; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*