Designing an Ethical Policy for Bone Marrow Donation by Minors and Others Lacking Capacity

The child was 2 years, 8 months old and weighed 25 pounds, one-fifth the weight of her mother, for whom she was to be the bone marrow donor. The mother had suffered a relapse of acute myelogenous leukemia; her physicians recommended a bone marrow transplant. The child was the closest human leukocyte...

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Published inCambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 149 - 155
Main Authors PENTZ, REBECCA D., CHAN, KA WAH, NEUMANN, JOYCE L., CHAMPLIN, RICHARD E., KORBLING, MARTIN
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.04.2004
Subjects
Anesthesiology
Best interests
Bioethics
Blood & organ donations
Bone marrow
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Child
Children
Cognitive development
Consent
Donors
Down syndrome
Ethics
Ethics, Medical
Families & family life
Guidelines
Humans
Informed Consent
Organizational Policy
Pediatrics
Psychology
Siblings
SPECIAL SECTION: CHILDREN AS ORGAN DONORS
Third-Party Consent - ethics
Tissue Donors
Transplants & implants
Twins
USA
Professional Patient Relationship
Health Care and Public Health
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Summary:The child was 2 years, 8 months old and weighed 25 pounds, one-fifth the weight of her mother, for whom she was to be the bone marrow donor. The mother had suffered a relapse of acute myelogenous leukemia; her physicians recommended a bone marrow transplant. The child was the closest human leukocyte antigen (HLA) match and thus the best donor candidate for her mother's transplant.
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DOI:10.1017/S0963180104132064