ORGAN DONATION FOR TRANSPLANTATION: LEGAL, ORGANIZATIONAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS

Clinical transplantation is a complex of medical knowledge and skills which allow a use of organ transplantation as a method of treating a variety of severe medical conditions that cannot be cured using any other methods. The ways and perspectives of broadening the organ donor base depend not only on quantitative indices, but also on the implementation of innovative solutions. The main tasks of organ donation programs include using predominantly those organ donors who have been pronounced dead, and performing retrieval of multiple organs in accordance with transplant center requirements. As organ donation affects the interests of both dead and living persons, it requires resolving not only medical but also educational, moral, ethical, and legal issues. It is necessary to turn organ donation for transplantation from a national problem into national heritage.

organ transplantation, organ donation, organizational and ethical aspects