TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - For victims of fatal child abuse, who has the right to consent to organ donation?
JO  - Pediatrics
A1  - Deutsch, Stephanie Anne
A1  - Teeple, Erin
A1  - Dickerman, Mindy
A1  - Macaulay, Jennifer
A1  - Collins, Gary
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - In rare circumstances, children who have suffered traumatic brain injury from child abuse are declared dead by neurologic criteria and are eligible to donate organs. When the parents are the suspected abusers, there can be confusion about who has the legal right to authorize organ donation. Furthermore, organ donation may interfere with the collection of forensic evidence that is necessary to evaluate the abuse. Under those circumstances, particularly in the context of a child homicide investigation, the goals of organ donation and collection and preservation of critical forensic evidence may seem mutually exclusive. In this Ethics Rounds, we discuss such a case and suggest ways to resolve the apparent conflicts between the desire to procure organs for donation and the need to thoroughly evaluate the evidence of abuse.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-4005
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-0662
ID  - ref1
ER  -