title: Dealing With Public Solicitation of Organs From Living Donors--An ELPAT View.
abstract: Although transplant professionals have initially been reluctant to perform transplants after public solicitation of organs from living donors, nowadays these transplants are increasingly being performed and reported. After clarifying the existing terminology, we elaborate an operational definition of public solicitation that is consistent with the Ethical, Legal, and Psychosocial Aspects of Transplantation classification for living organ donation. Our aim is to critically assess this phenomenon, from a legal, moral, and practical perspective, and to offer some recommendations. From a legal point of view, we analyze the current situation in the Europe and the United States. From a moral perspective, we evaluate the various arguments used in the literature, both in favor and against. Finally, we offer a set of recommendations aimed at maximizing the organ donor pool while safeguarding the interests of potential living donors.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Philosophy, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania; SACRI (The Academic Society for the Research of Religions and Ideologies), Cluj, Romania. 2 Bioethics Institute Ghent, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. 3 The Transplant Center, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. 4 Institute of Health and Care Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. 5 Department of Surgery, Catholic University Rome, Italy. 6 Department of Transplantation, Guys Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 7 Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 8 National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom. 9 Division of HPB & Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frunza
authors.forename: Kristof
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authors.lastname: Van Assche
authors.forename: Annette
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authors.lastname: Lennerling
authors.forename: Sigrid
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authors.lastname: Sterckx
authors.forename: Franco
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authors.lastname: Citterio
authors.forename: Nizam
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authors.lastname: Mamode
authors.forename: Willij C
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authors.lastname: Zuidema
authors.forename: Lisa
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authors.lastname: Burnapp
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authors.lastname: Weimar
authors.forename: Frank J M F
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authors.lastname: Dor
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D019520:Living Donors; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D012306:Risk; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States