title: Legal aspects of consent 13: organ donation from live donors.
abstract: Case Scenario: Alice is now 12 years old and has been receiving dialysis for over 3 years. Her long-term chance of survival depends upon a kidney transplant and she has been on a waiting list for several years. Her condition is deteriorating and Bob, a close friend of her family, has offered to donate her a kidney. What is the law?
authors.affiliation: University of Glamorgan.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019520:Living Donors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006113:United Kingdom