Children as Tissue Donors Regulatory Protection, Medical Ethics, and Practice /

• Main Author: Then, Shih-Ning (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Medical laws and legislation.; Bioethics.; Surgical transplantation.; Regenerative medicine.; Tissue engineering.; Medical Law.; Transplant Surgery.; Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering.

This book examines the position of children who provide tissue to potentially save the life of another. It questions whether child donors of all ages have been treated appropriately and whether they are sufficiently protected in acting as tissue donors, and ultimately considers whether a new regulat...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The Ethics of Children Donating Tissue to Another
• Chapter 3: Ethical Frameworks and Their Influence on Practice
• Chapter 4: Regulation of Child Tissue Donors in the United Kingdom
• Chapter 5: Regulation of Child Tissue Donors in Australia
• Chapter 6: Regulation of Child Tissue Donors in the United States
• Chapter 7: Medical Professionals' Views on Legal and Non-Legal Forms of Regulation
• Chapter 8: Conclusion.