DONOR SELECTION: GENERAL ASPECTS

Ethical aspects of donor insemination.

A journal of medical ethics is likely to be judged by three criteria: by the discernment with which medical procedures are selected for consideration; by the elegance and accuracy with which they are presented; and by the quality of the ethical commentary offered upon them. The choice of artificial insemination as the procedure to be amined n this first number ofa new journal may be questioned ...

Selection of Donor and Recipients

Lung donor selection and management.

Lung transplantation is still limited by the shortage of suitable donor organs. This results in long waiting times for listed patients with a substantial risk (10-15%) of dying before transplantation. All efforts to increase donor awareness through legislation, public campaigns, and training of transplant coordinators and medical ICU staff should be encouraged. Only a minority of cadaveric dono...

Ethical aspects of donor consent in transplantation.

Two recent events have caused renewed anxiety concerning the ethics of donor transplantation. The first is the report of the British Transplantation Society and the second is the Bill introduced by Mr Tam Dalyell MP (see page 6i of this issue) in which he seeks to establish by law that unless an individual in his life time has expressly contracted out his organs may after death be used for tran...

Psychological Aspects of Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

Deciding between the dialysis and kidney transplantation is very delicate and requires multi-phase discussions with the patient and his family. Transplantation carries along numerous psychological implications affecting both, the kidney donor and the kidney recipient. The attitude towards transplantation differ in relation to the age, education level and character features of the patient. The s...