title: Infant heart transplantation after cardiac death: ethical and legal problems.
abstract: The donation of organs after cardiac death in infants is not morally justified and should not be continued.
authors.affiliation: Methodist University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA. gratiaetnatura@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Potts
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D003643:Death; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006323:Heart Arrest; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006708:Homicide / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010820:Physicians / Q000941:ethics*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*