title: The curious case of umbilical cord blood: minors and donation.
abstract: The author of this article makes a case for considering both parents as decision makers about UCB cells in the donor's best interests. At this moment, saving the cells for autologous use, donating it to a sibling, a third party, research, and even destruction, are all possible decisions the parents are allowed to make. A possible normative framework would allow a hierarchy in these decisions: first donation to a sibling, then saving for autologous use, followed by donation to a third party and research and finally destruction.
authors.affiliation: University of Antwerp, Belgium. Sarah.Panis@ua.ac.be
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panis
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D033001:Directed Tissue Donation; D005312:Fetal Blood; D006801:Humans; D033242:Minors