[Ethical guidelines of the Japan Society for Transplantation].
The Ethics Committee of the Japan Society for Transplantation (JST) renewed its Ethical Guidelines for Organ Transplantation in 2003, and the major points are as follows; 1. The role of the Japan Network of Organ Transplantation was described. 2. The following ethical principles and informed consent standards should be implemented for living donors and should be confirmed by third-party personnels who have no relation or interests with the donor and/or with the recipient and who can act as an advocate of the donor. * voluntary willingness to donate; * free from coercion; * medically and socialy suitable (20 years old or older); * fully informed of the risks and benefits as a donor and; * fully informed of the risk, benefits, and alternative treatment to the recipient. 3. Living donors should be limited to the relatives within the 6th degree and the third by marriage. 4. Living donation other than those relatives should be individually approved by the institutional ethics committee (IEC) and should be reviewed by the JST. 5. Donors between 16 and 19 years can be chosen as an exception if they are interviewed and judged to be psychosocially suitable as the donor by psychiatricians, and such a transplantation should be individually approved by IEC.
Kato
Shunichi
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Department of Cell Transplantation & Regenerative Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine.
D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical