Europe needs to tackle legal, ethical and cultural barriers to child organ donation
Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 10:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Consultants from a leading UK children's hospital have called for European countries to change the way they tackle the shortage of organ donations from children. The review explores discrepancies in Europe and draws on the experiences of countries like the USA, Australia and Canada, to consider the complex issues around organ donations from dead and dying children and the controversial option of living donations from competent children.