Are Transplant Recipients Human Subjects When Research Is Conducted on Organ Donors?

Interventional research on deceased organ donors and donor organs prior to transplant holds the promise of reducing the number of patients who die waiting for an organ by expanding the pool of transplantable organs and improving transplant outcomes. However, one of the key challenges researchers fac...

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Published in:	Hastings Center Report Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 10 - 15
Main Authors:	Heffernan, Kate Gallin, Glazier, Alexandra K.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Sep/Oct2017
Subjects:	Human research subjects Organ donors Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost