Ethical Issues in Pediatric Organ Transplantation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. Living Donation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Children as Living Donors

      • Lainie Friedman Ross, J. Richard Thistlethwaite Jr.

      Pages 3-18

   3. Living Donors for Fulminant Hepatic Failure in Children

      • Maja Segedi, Genieve Dhani, Vicky L. Ng, David Grant

      Pages 19-41

   4. Answers to Questions that Weren’t Asked: The Ethical Complexities of Identifying Misattributed Paternity During the Transplant Evaluation Process

      • Michael A. Freeman, Lisa S. Parker

      Pages 43-59

3. Deceased Donation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. The Ethics of Persuasion: Evaluating the Ethical Limits on Attempting to Persuade Families to Donate the Organs of Deceased Family Members

      • Jennifer A. Chandler, Vanessa Gruben

      Pages 63-82

   3. Death Determination in Pediatric Organ Donation

      • Sam D. Shemie, Ivan Ortega-Deballon, Sonny Dhanani

      Pages 83-98

   4. Controlled Donation After Cardiac Death in Pediatrics

      • Erin Paquette, Joel Frader

      Pages 99-117

   5. The Newborn as Organ Donor

      • Christopher Tomlinson, Jonathan Hellmann

      Pages 119-130

   6. Ethical and Organizational Issues in Adopting a Pediatric Protocol for Controlled Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death

      • Charlotte H. Harrison

      Pages 131-150

4. Emerging Challenges

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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   2. Ethical Issues in Pediatric Small Bowel Transplantation

      • Annie Fecteau

      Pages 153-167

   3. Ethical Issues in Pediatric Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation

      • Randi Zlotnik Shaul, Gregory H. Borschel, Jennifer Flynn, Mark D. Hanson, Linda Wright, Ronald M. Zuker

      Pages 169-191

   4. The Ethics of Managing Conflicts in the Era of Social Media

      • Sandra Amaral, Pamela Nathanson, Chris Feudtner

      Pages 193-211

5. Allocating Organs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213

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   2. Neurodevelopmental Status as a Criterion for Solid Organ Transplant Eligibility

      • Aaron Wightman, Jodi Smith, Douglas S. Diekema

      Pages 215-236

   3. Should Transplantation Be Offered to Pediatric Foreign Nationals?

      • Marie-Chantal Fortin, Rebecca A. Greenberg

      Pages 237-257

6. Recipient Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-259

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   2. The Ethics of Uncertainty, Risk, and Trust in Pediatric Heart Transplantation

      • Daniel Z. Buchman, Anne I. Dipchand

      Pages 261-278

This book offers a theoretical and practical overview of the specific ethical and legal issues in pediatric organ transplantation. Written by a team of leading experts, Ethical Issues in Pediatric Organ Transplantation addresses those difficult ethical questions concerning clinical, organizational, legal and policy issues including donor, recipient and allocation issues. Challenging topics, including children as donors, donation after cardiac death, misattributed paternity, familial conflicts of interest, developmental disability as a listing criteria, small bowel transplant, and considerations in navigating the media are discussed. It serves as a fundamental handbook and resource for pediatricians, transplant health care professionals, trainees, graduate students, scholars, practitioners of bioethics and health policy makers.

• Pediatric Bowel Rehabilitation
• cardiac death in pediatrics
• death determination in children
• minors as organ donors
• pediatric organ transplantation
• small bowel transplantation

“This book is strongly recommended for professionals working in the area of paediatric organ transplantation. It offers a theoretical and practical overview of the unique ethical, practical and legal issues in paediatric transplantation … . Topics are scholarly and well researched, elegantly presented, with the scientific rigor of an academic publication. … this book will contribute to building awareness and anticipating problems in this field with a view to instituting policy and protection of a vulnerable paediatric population.” (Olinda Timms, The National Medical Journal of India, Vol. 30 (3), May- June, 2017)



“This book is an important contribution to the literature both in pediatric transplantation and transplantation ethics. … it is certainly one that should be available in every pediatric center’s library and available to all members of the various transplant programs.” (R. B. Ettenger, American Journal of Transplantation, January, 2017)

• Department of Family and, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

  Rebecca A. Greenberg

• Dept. of Pediatrics, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Canada

  Aviva M. Goldberg

• Department of Philosophy I, University of Granada, Madrid, Spain

  David Rodríguez-Arias

CV's of editors attached.

Policies and ethics