Is there an ethical obligation to split every donor liver?: scarce resources, medical factors, and ethical reasoning

SLT has the potential to counter the worldwide shortage of donor organs. Although the preferred recipients of SLT are usually pediatric patients, a more stringent ethical argument than the fundamental prioritization of children is to demonstrate that SLT of deceased donor organs could increase acces...

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Authors: Bobbert, Monika 1963- (Author) ; Primc, Nadia (Author) ; Schäfer, Rebecca Nathalie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 11 July 2019
In: Pediatric transplantation
Year: 2019, Volume: 23, Issue: 6
Further subjects:B prioritization of children
B Ethics
B deceased donor organ allocation
B split liver transplantation
B patient autonomy
B mandatory splitting policy
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