Organ Transplantation in Brazil y Spain: How the ethics and legal criteria protect the living donor in both countries?

Authors

  • Sonia Maria Marinho PPGBIOS - ENSP - FIOCRUZ
  • Fermin Roland Schramm Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública - ENSP - FIOCRUZ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2016.38.17045

Keywords:

organ transplantation, living donors, Ethics Committees, bioethics

Abstract

This study compares the specific Organ Transplantations Laws from Spain and Brazil.Its objective is investigate how the legal devices protect the organ living donors in both countries, where the incentives for living donation has been stimulated lately. From the analysis of the “Document on Transplantation from Living Donors”, published from Bioethics and Law Observatory Opinion Group from Barcelona University (OBD-UB), in 2011, it has been concluded that the living donations should not be stimulated.

Author Biographies

Sonia Maria Marinho, PPGBIOS - ENSP - FIOCRUZ

Doctoranda del Programa en Bioética, Ética Aplicada y Salud Pública - PPGBIOS - ENSP - FIOCRUZ, Brasil.

Fermin Roland Schramm, Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública - ENSP - FIOCRUZ

Investigador titular en Bioética y Filosofía de la Ciencia del PPGBIOS y del PPGSP en la Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública - ENSP - FIOCRUZ, Brasil.

How to Cite

Marinho, S. M., & Roland Schramm, F. (2016). Organ Transplantation in Brazil y Spain: How the ethics and legal criteria protect the living donor in both countries?. Revista De Bioética Y Derecho, (38), 55–70. https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2016.38.17045

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Section

General section