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Organ donation after euthanasia in children: Belgian and Dutch perspectives
Bollen J, Ten Hoopen R, Van Der Hoeven M, Shaw D, Brierley J, Ysebaert D, Van Heurn L, Van Mook W · Archives of Disease in Childhood · 2019
Organ donation after euthanasia has been performed more than 70 times in Belgium and the Netherlands combined (personal communication, Jan Bollen, 2018). These two countries allow for euthanasia in minors as well, while Luxembourg, Colombia and Canada only allow adults to undergo euthanasia. A Dutch guideline on organ donation after euthanasia focuses on mentally competent adults, with a predominance of neurodegenerative diseases.1 The question arises whether organ donation after euthanasia should be possible in children and adolescents, and what are the legal, medical and ethical conditions for the combined procedure.
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